Re: [PATCH v6 2/8] regulator: dt-bindings: Document max8997-pmic nodes

Timon Baetz
2021-01-16T08:04:28Z

On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:42:14 +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 06:19:28AM +0000, Timon Baetz wrote:
> > On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 16:16:53 +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 08, 2021 at 03:16:48PM +0000, Timon Baetz wrote:
>
> > > > Muic needs a node to be used with extcon_get_edev_by_phandle().
> > > > Charger needs a node to reference a regulator.
>
> > > The pattern is to use the parent device's node.
>
> > So is extcon going to be a self-reference then?
>
> I guess, assuming you even need to look this up via the device tree.

I could use extcon_get_extcon_dev("max8997-muic") and basically hard
code the extcon device name in the charger driver. Then I only need
charger-supply in DTS which could be added to the parent device's node.

Would that be acceptable for everyone?

Thanks,
Timon