Re: [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: trivial-devices: add onnn,adt7462

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 11:17:53AM +0700, Chanh Nguyen wrote:
> On 24/09/2024 04:23, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 09:38:00AM +0000, Chanh Nguyen wrote:
> > > The adt7462 supports monitoring and controlling up to
> > > four PWM Fan drive outputs and eight TACH inputs measures.
> > > The adt7462 supports reading a single on chip temperature
> > > sensor and three remote temperature sensors. There are up
> > > to 13 voltage monitoring inputs.
> > > 
> > > Add device tree bindings for the adt7462 device.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Chanh Nguyen <chanh@os.amperecomputing.com>
> > > ---
> > > Change in v2:
> > >     - Add onnn,adt7462 to the list of trivial devices       [Guenter]
> > 
> > Is this really a trivial device? If it monitors and controls fans, how
> > come those do not need to be represented in the devicetree? How is it
> > possible to tell the difference between monitoring 1 and 4 fans without
> > the extra detail?
> > 
> 
> Hi Conor, Thank you for your comments!
> 
> The chip is old. The driver was added back in 2008.
> 
> Really, this is such an old chip that it would make more sense to just leave
> its driver alone unless there is a problem with it; this is viewpoint from
> Guenter.
> 
> I'm using the driver and the device tree with only the "compatible" and
> "reg" properties; now it's being good for me without any extra detail.
> 
> Guenter, Rob, Krzysztof, and I discussed making the decision to add this
> device to the list of trivial devices. You can get more information at
> thread
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240918220553.GA2216504-robh@kernel.org/T/
> (Because the commit title changed between v1 and v2, it's so hard for
> everyone to find it. Sorry! I missed mentioning the link to pacth v1).

It's fine. I'll apply this after the merge window.

Rob