From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from codeconstruct.com.au (pi.codeconstruct.com.au [203.29.241.158]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA4A44A29; Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:25:33 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=203.29.241.158 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1739406335; cv=none; b=GJ9yis8LgadAyQ4pWYEWKM4V0mfRce5TjZFlNmH5henTrYXanWPvUK+ncV5jEqobbpLubHrJaVbnCjSVKJIWv0Td1SKKe8YAF8D7XsVWguoi9hCSe0J4DGHY9exAG9yTY7gzyLo8QZg5ZdqbZHUSskNBdSs3Pv3O/o618mwjpeI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1739406335; c=relaxed/simple; bh=/mMC9qm0+Vl0uwd0+1LavG/Aikmcvdnbmr+fUHIwL/U=; h=Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References: Content-Type:MIME-Version; b=oj2wEku0Fs+S13014Z1WDJCHdttXHAiX9MQMlDuXddDEgFaMHwGh7WQoIL3NdQjJ5kWaknMdW+oOqCyqOaoBao/F+KC/v7zBAl3NcxuvSd8JfpO5ru5XzLqpyXxe5L863JmT3oQhwT34KRfAJ6f1P3ttm6DblIN2wX0eplJvx4Y= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeconstruct.com.au; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=codeconstruct.com.au; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=codeconstruct.com.au header.i=@codeconstruct.com.au header.b=ffe5/fVd; arc=none smtp.client-ip=203.29.241.158 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeconstruct.com.au Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=codeconstruct.com.au Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=codeconstruct.com.au header.i=@codeconstruct.com.au header.b="ffe5/fVd" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=codeconstruct.com.au; s=2022a; t=1739406331; bh=/mMC9qm0+Vl0uwd0+1LavG/Aikmcvdnbmr+fUHIwL/U=; h=Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=ffe5/fVdezqIZZvy9MisTNaxaYIRRrnOH7EpxbtHMGgRprWW3OUVD7hrEUKWRd84F aFN2Hfpd8dKq+kIyrDH6xVajfpDkwhQNkGMHcdvRe+SDek3r16jPUonSQTAU1MZJmE Sg7aii55lQa3/2HYDTfQtFhL6qsL8WteF7j73UfkBDAIvSukdsVFu65IKLLZjcl6oj uClq2BZG0gDFPnyCCMfHvEiUN2wFq/8NY7+1Dzmd5oEiSGAbLUeI18u3vyAlE03GQH cDnsMSJFZk+XUxVtUts9PwStbgyRbqYJa0XJPqtZGYP6wR3RmdrS6CMEN4zKSokCvo rnG2Cy6SEv+ng== Received: from [192.168.68.112] (203-173-7-184.dyn.iinet.net.au [203.173.7.184]) by mail.codeconstruct.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B701E7576E; Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:25:30 +0800 (AWST) Message-ID: <27d51c2c498cc5921998829e5279bf136d10f2dc.camel@codeconstruct.com.au> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: ir38060: Move & update dt binding From: Andrew Jeffery To: Guenter Roeck , Conor Dooley , Naresh Solanki Cc: broonie@kernel.org, Jean Delvare , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Liam Girdwood , linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:55:29 +1030 In-Reply-To: References: <20250204180306.2755444-1-naresh.solanki@9elements.com> <20250204-mulled-evaluate-8a690cdfbd4d@spud> <20250205-purge-debating-21273d3b0f40@spud> <20250206-camera-mashed-48cf0cf1715f@spud> <4619661d7375c71710a22520f6ebbf353a5aff59.camel@codeconstruct.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.46.4-2 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Hi Guenter, On Wed, 2025-02-12 at 06:46 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote: > Hi Andrew, >=20 > On 2/12/25 02:43, Andrew Jeffery wrote: > [ ... ] > > The history of the problem from what I can see looks like: > >=20 > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 1. pmbus regulator support exploiting "regulators" a= s an OF > > child > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 node was merged for 3.19[1] >=20 > I hope you mean "make full use of and derive benefit from (a > resource)" > and not "use (a situation or person) in an unfair or selfish way". Certainly "make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource)" and nothing further. > If you think it is not appropriate for PMBus devices to register as > regulators, please let me know, and feel free to suggest a better > solution. My only intent was to observe the history of the problem highlighted by Naresh's patch. I don't have any concerns about PMBus devices registering as regulators. Thanks, Andrew