From: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
To: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>,
Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>,
Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@arm.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>,
Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk>,
Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>, Anton Vorontsov <anton@enomsg.org>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>,
Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
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linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>,
Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>,
Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] mfd: max14577: Add device tree bindings document
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 12:49:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131204124929.GO29268@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131204112039.GC907@lee--X1>
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On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 11:20:39AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > + regulators {
> > + compatible = "maxim,max14577-regulator";
> > +
> > + safeout_reg: safeout@1 {
> The name of the node (not the label:safeout_reg) usually depicts the
> type of device, so 'regulator@0' and 'regulator@1'. However, I'm
> unsure how this works when these nodes are encapsulated by an
> overarching 'regulators' parent node.
> Perhaps Mark can answer this?
The name there is meaningless, the DT convention is as you describe and
applies to any node but equally well it's just a convention and I
struggle to see the value it adds. Having something that humans find
helpful is just as well.
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-04 10:40 [PATCH v6 0/3] mfd: max14577: Add max14577 MFD drivers Krzysztof Kozlowski
2013-12-04 10:40 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] charger: max14577: Add charger support for Maxim 14577 Krzysztof Kozlowski
[not found] ` <1386153615-25456-1-git-send-email-k.kozlowski-Sze3O3UU22JBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-04 10:40 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] regulator: max14577: Add regulator driver " Krzysztof Kozlowski
2013-12-04 10:40 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] mfd: max14577: Add device tree bindings document Krzysztof Kozlowski
2013-12-04 10:50 ` Chanwoo Choi
[not found] ` <529F08DD.2090005-Sze3O3UU22JBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-04 10:56 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2013-12-04 11:01 ` Chanwoo Choi
2013-12-04 11:03 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2013-12-04 11:09 ` Chanwoo Choi
[not found] ` <1386153615-25456-4-git-send-email-k.kozlowski-Sze3O3UU22JBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-04 11:20 ` Lee Jones
2013-12-04 12:49 ` Mark Brown [this message]
2013-12-04 13:37 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2013-12-04 13:41 ` Lee Jones
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