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

Timon Baetz
2021-01-15T06:20:16Z

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?

Just for my understanding: I can see sub-nodes for MFD all over the
place. It is still not clear to me why sub-nodes aren't the right
choice in this specific case?

Thanks for the feedback,
Timon