Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] dt-bindings: mfd: max8998: Add charger subnode binding

["Paweł Chmiel" <pawel.mikolaj.chmiel@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday, August 7, 2018 11:57:42 AM CEST Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 06:05:09PM +0200, Paweł Chmiel wrote:
> > This patch adds devicetree bindings documentation for
> > battery charging controller as the subnode of MAX8998 PMIC.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Paweł Chmiel <pawel.mikolaj.chmiel@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Changes from v2:
> >   - Make charge-restart-level-microvolt optional.
> >   - Make charge-timeout-hours optional.
> > 
> > Changes from v1:
> >   - Removed unneeded Fixes tag
> >   - Correct description of all charger values
> >   - Added missing property unit
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/max8998.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/max8998.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/max8998.txt
> > index 23a3650ff2a2..264040f4ad15 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/max8998.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/max8998.txt
> > @@ -50,6 +50,24 @@ Additional properties required if max8998,pmic-buck2-dvs-gpio is defined:
> >  - max8998,pmic-buck2-dvs-voltage: An array of 2 voltage values in microvolts
> >    for buck2 regulator that can be selected using dvs gpio.
> >  
> > +Charger: Configuration for battery charging controller should be added
> > +inside a child node named 'charger'.
> > +  Required properties:
> > +  - max8998,charge-eoc-percent: Setup End of Charge Level.
> 
> This should have a vendor prefix and max8998 is not a vendor. Don't 
> continue that pattern even if we already have some properties like that.
> 
> These seem like perhaps they should be common charger properties.
Where i could find such properties (or any other driver which is using those as an example) ?
Looking at few existing drivers, most of them have custom properties (that's why i've followed the same pattern for max8998).

Thanks
> 
> > +    If value equals 0, leave it unchanged.
> > +    Otherwise it should be value from 10 to 45 by 5 step.
> > +
> > +  Optional properties:
> > +  - max8998,charge-restart-level-microvolt: Setup Charge Restart Level.
> > +    If property is not present, this will be disabled.
> > +    If value equals 0, leave it unchanged.
> > +    Otherwise it should be one of following values: 100, 150, 200.
> > +
> > +  - max8998,charge-timeout-hours: Setup Charge Full Timeout.
> > +    If property is not present, this will be disabled.
> > +    If value equals 0, leave it unchanged.
> > +    Otherwise it should be one of following values: 5, 6, 7.
> > +
> >  Regulators: All the regulators of MAX8998 to be instantiated shall be
> >  listed in a child node named 'regulators'. Each regulator is represented
> >  by a child node of the 'regulators' node.
> > @@ -99,6 +117,13 @@ Example:
> >  		max8998,pmic-buck2-dvs-gpio = <&gpx0 0 3 0 0>; /* SET3 */
> >  		max8998,pmic-buck2-dvs-voltage = <1350000>, <1300000>;
> >  
> > +		/* Charger configuration */
> > +		charger {
> > +			max8998,charge-eoc-percent = <0>;
> > +			max8998,charge-restart-level-microvolt = <100>;
> > +			max8998,charge-timeout-hours = <7>;
> > +		};
> > +
> >  		/* Regulators to instantiate */
> >  		regulators {
> >  			ldo2_reg: LDO2 {
>