Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] ARM: dts: omap3-overo: Use complete poweroff

[Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com>]

+devicetree list.

On 02/27/2014 02:48 PM, Florian Vaussard wrote:
> On 02/27/2014 09:38 PM, Nishanth Menon wrote:
>> On 02/27/2014 02:30 PM, Florian Vaussard wrote:
>>> Currently, the TWL4030 PMIC does not completely poweroff the processor.
>>> Commit b0fc1da4d0359d3cce8f12e0f014aed0704ae202 introduced the necessary
>>> binding to do this, so use it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Florian Vaussard <florian.vaussard@epfl.ch>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi | 5 +++++
>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi
>>> index aea64c0..018e1e0 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-overo.dtsi
>>> @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@
>>>  			codec {
>>>  			};
>>>  		};
>>> +
>>> +		twl_power: power {
>>> +			compatible = "ti,twl4030-power";
>>> +			ti,use_poweroff;
>>> +		};
>>>  	};
>>>  };
>>>  
>>>
>> Urrgh.. this slipped past.. :(
>>
>> ti,system-power-controller is traditionally used for other PMICs from
>> TI to indicate that poweroff functionality will be provided by the
>> PMIC driver. similar approach is taken by Maxim as well.. I know the
>> commit introducing the binding has been around for long, but
>> considering that we do not have a single dts using this yet, should we
>> consider adding "ti,system-power-controller"(as against removing
>> ti,use_poweroff - so that older down stream dtbs still work) and using
>> it in the new code?
>>
> 
> It does make sense, so I am not against it. My only concern is that I
> find the name to be slightly less easy to understand, but I can live
> with it :-)
:)

> 
> I do not remember if DT maintainers came up with a clear policy to
> deprecate a binding.
I dont think we can depreciate a binding [1] - as you mentioned -
renaming the property is probably what is appropriate, but introducing
a new one which has the same behavior as the old one does'nt seem
covered either.. considering potential downstream kernel usage, I'd
suggest additional property inline with today's convention.


[1]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2a9330010bea5982a5c6593824bc036bf62d67b7

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Regards,
Nishanth Menon