Re: [PATCH v12 5/9] dt-bindings: iio: adc: add ad485x axi variant

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:16:31 +0100
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 04:20:58PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 16:09:14 +0200
> > Antoniu Miclaus <antoniu.miclaus@analog.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > Add a new compatible and related bindings for the fpga-based
> > > AD485x AXI IP core, a variant of the generic AXI ADC IP.
> > > 
> > > The AXI AD485x IP is a very similar HDL (fpga) variant of the
> > > generic AXI ADC IP, intended to control ad485x familiy.  
> > 
> > Hmm. Should we name this after a specific part? Very unlikely
> > the wildcard will go wrong here because of how specific this
> > binding is anyway but we should perhaps stick to normal rules
> > of no wild cards.  
> 
> I am pretty sure we had this discussion about this or other block
> already and we reached some sort of concensus... which is undocumented
> in commit msg, so we are doomed to repeat the discussion.
> 
Having just seen similar the axi-ad7606x support. I think the key bit
I was missing here is that ADI has published the firmware under the
name with wild card. If they shoot themselves in the foot in future
then fair enough.  I'm fine with the wild card though a statement
in the commit to make me notice that detail would have been great!

Jonathan

> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>