Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Documentation: devicetree: update bindings for tps23861

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>]

On 25/08/2022 18:31, Robert Marko wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 5:29 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 05:07:45PM +0200, Robert Marko wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 5:02 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 04:37:36PM +0200, Andreas Böhler wrote:
>>>>> The tps23861 driver does not initialize the chip and relies on it being
>>>>> in auto-mode by default. On some devices, these controllers default to
>>>>> OFF-Mode and hence cannot be used at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> This brings minimal support for initializing the controller in a user-
>>>>> defined mode.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Böhler <dev@aboehler.at>
>>>>
>>>> nack for the series, sorry. The suggested properties are not hardware
>>>> monitoring but phy properties. There should be a separate phy driver
>>>> to manage those.
>>>>
>>>> Also, as mentioned, the hwmon 'enable' attribute is abused to control
>>>> port functionality and should be removed.
>>>
>>> Hi Guenter,
>>> Are you referring to an ethernet PHY driver or the generic PHY framework?
>>>
>>
>> Could be both, though ethernet phy sounds about right for me.
>> I don't know where/how similar chips are handled. hwmon is most definitey
>> the wrong place.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Well, that is the thing, this is definitively not an ethernet PHY nor
> a PHY of any other kind.
> I dont see where it would fit if not hwmon, there is no more specific
> subsystem in the
> kernel.

It's not hwmon. The device has monitoring capabilities, but it's only
one piece and calling something hwmon just because can provide sensor
data is like calling a plane a car, because it has wheels.

Maybe this is similar to these series:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/20220825130211.3730461-1-o.rempel@pengutronix.de/
?

The datasheet says it is a "PSE Controller" so looks similar to the
problem solved above...

Best regards,
Krzysztof