Re: [PATCH 2/4] dt-bindings: pinctrl: Document nuvoton ma35d1 pin control

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 11:53 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 18/10/2023 10:18, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 9:52 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski
> > <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> >>> I noticed that 'xlnx,zynq-pinctrl.yaml' and 'xlnx,zynq-pinctrl.yaml' use
> >>> 'power source' to specify the output voltage.  Should I follow their
> >>> approach or define a vendor-specific one?
> >>
> >> Maybe Rob or Linus have here some recommendation, but I would suggest to
> >> go either with rtd1319d-pinctrl.yaml approach or add a generic property
> >> to pincfg-node expressed in real units like "io-microvolt".
> >>
> >> Rob, Linus, any ideas for generic property replacing register-specific
> >> power-source?
> >
> > The existing power-source is generally used to select between (usually
> > two) different chip-internal power rails, such as 1.8V and 3.3V.
> > The format is a driver-specific enumerator.
> >
> > We *could* just patch the documentation for power-source to
> > say that microvolts is the preferred format but legacy users may
> > be using a custom enumerator.
> >
> > io-microvolt seems like a more long-term viable option if a wider
> > range of voltages are to be supported so I'm happy with that if the
> > DT folks think it's nicer. However notice that the power-source
> > property is already being hard-coded into things such as SCMI
> > and ACPI so it's not like it will ever be replaced by io-microvolt
> > and phased out as far as Linux is concerned. Not the next 50
> > years at least.
>
> This I understand.
>
> I think It is better in general if generic properties use units (e.g.
> drive-strength-microamp, output-impedance-ohms), so it could be here
> "io-microvolt". At least for the new bindings.

I agree. Even io-voltage-microvolt perhaps.

Yours,
Linus Walleij