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([2600:8803:e7e4:500:591:4577:3439:3a1e]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 586e51a60fabf-4355736dbc0sm10029411fac.11.2026.05.11.07.51.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 11 May 2026 07:51:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3493d6ef-5f02-4eb1-b81a-89597045acbb@baylibre.com> Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 09:51:25 -0500 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] dt-bindings: iio: adc: add AD7816/AD7817/AD7818 binding To: Denny Lin Cc: lars@metafoo.de, Michael.Hennerich@analog.com, jic23@kernel.org, robh@kernel.org, krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org, nuno.sa@analog.com, andy@kernel.org, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260509022718.82957-1-dennylin0707@gmail.com> <20260509022718.82957-2-dennylin0707@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: David Lechner In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 5/9/26 8:37 PM, Denny Lin wrote: > Hi David, > >> Why are we adding bindings without a driver to use them? > > There is already a driver for these devices in > drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7816.c, which includes OF match entries > for "adi,ad7816", "adi,ad7817", and "adi,ad7818". > > This binding is intended to document the existing DT interface. Usually, we want to be moving the drivers out of staging when adding the DT bindings so that it all gets reviewed for correctness at the same time. Drivers in staging are usually there because they are doing things that are not actually acceptable for the final stable mainline version of a driver and need more work. > > Thanks, > Hungyu > > On Sat, May 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM David Lechner wrote: >> >> On 5/8/26 9:27 PM, Hungyu Lin wrote: >>> Add Device Tree binding documentation for the Analog Devices >>> AD7816, AD7817 and AD7818 SPI ADC devices. >>> >> Why are we adding bindings without a driver to use them?