Re: [PATCH v5] dt-bindings: mfd: twl: Add missing sub-nodes for TWL4030 & TWL603x

[Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info>]

Am Wed, 3 Sep 2025 00:55:25 +0200
schrieb Jihed Chaibi <jihed.chaibi.dev@gmail.com>:

> > > +                  - ti,twl4030-power-idle-osc-off  
> >
> > this allows quite weird combinations like
> >  "ti,twl4030-power-idle", "ti,twl4030-power-idle".
> > I would propose to rather clean this up to things used in
> > twl4030-power.c and at the same time available in dts, also
> > taking the brush in the dts. I do not expect that these specific
> > compatibles are in use anywhere. I looked around earlier.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andreas  
> 
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> Thank you for the feedback. I've done a deeper investigation into
> the 'power:compatible' strings to see if the schema could be made
> stricter.
> 
> While cleaning up the list, I found an existing DTSI file
> (logicpd-torpedo-som.dtsi) that uses the combination:
> 'compatible = "ti,twl4030-power-idle-osc-off", "ti,twl4030-power-idle";'
> 
> Since this "idle, idle" combination is already in use, it seems we
> cannot make the schema stricter without breaking this existing
> board.
> 
well the only maybe fallback line  I see here is
ti,twl4030-power-idle-osc-off -> ti,twl4030-power-idle ->
ti,twl4030-power.
But you allow "twl,twl4030-power-idle", "ti,twl4030-power-idle"
That absolutely makes no sense.

Then the question is whether there is the need for fallback compatibles.
They are needed if there is one piece of software which does only know
the fallback and can use the hardware in some limited mode, e.g.
u-boot using some mmc controller only without some high speed mode.
Looking around, I do not find anything in u-boot or barebox for the
twl4030-power compatibles.

And if we define "ti,twl4030-power-idle" as a fallback for
"ti,twl4030-power-idle-osc-off", then it is a fallback for everyone
using "ti,twl4030-power-idle-osc-off", so then the dts would need to be
corrected.

There is one exception: "ti,twl4030-power-omap3-evm" is still used but
not everybody knows it (e.g. pm34xx.c), so there is a reason for a
fallback compatible:"ti,twl4030-power-idle"

And the rest, time for the brush and lets not totally mess up
ti,twl.yaml.

Regards,
Andreas