Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: hwmon: Add qcom,bcl-hwmon yaml bindings

Konrad Dybcio
2026-02-13T10:41:31Z

On 2/13/26 7:04 AM, Manaf Meethalavalappu Pallikunhi wrote:
> Hi Konrad,
>
> On 2/6/2026 2:38 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 2/5/26 10:14 PM, Manaf Meethalavalappu Pallikunhi wrote:
>>> Add devicetree binding documentation for Qualcomm PMIC Battery Current
>>> Limiting (BCL) hardware monitor. The BCL hardware provides monitoring
>>> and alarm functionality for battery overcurrent and battery/system
>>> under voltage conditions.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Manaf Meethalavalappu Pallikunhi <manaf.pallikunhi@oss.qualcomm.com>
>>> ---
>> [...]
>>
>>> +properties:
>>> +  compatible:
>>> +    oneOf:
>>> +      - description: v1 based BCL
>>> +        items:
>>> +          - enum:
>>> +              - qcom,pm7250b-bcl
>>> +              - qcom,pm8250b-bcl
>>> +          - const: qcom,bcl-v1
>> I see that e.g. PMI8998 has a BCL block, would that also be 'v1',
>> or something else?
>
> I added support for pmic 5 bcl design from v1 to v4 in this series. PMI8998 is older pmic design(pmic 4). As of now, we don't have any requirement to enable it

Right, but then you never mentioned "PMIC5" anywhere in the compatible
or the binding, so this wasn't obvious at all. With the request from others
to shift towards PMIC-specific compatibles that won't be an issue

Konrad