On 09/19/2013 06:22 AM, Lee Jones wrote: >>>>> Do the sub-nodes have their own properties? If so, it would be worth >>>>> breaking them up as other OSes could reuse the specifics. If they do, >>>>> then you need so put them in the binding. If they don't, then you do >>>>> not require sub-nodes. The MFD core will ensure the sub-devices are >>>>> probed and there is no requirement for the of_node to be assigned. >>>> You do see some reusable IP blocks (like the regualtors on the wm831x >>>> PMICs for example, they're repeated blocks) which can be reused but >>>> generally they have a register base as part of the binding. Personally >>>> if it's just a property or two I'd probably just put them on the root >>>> node for the device. >>> Agreed. Besides, there doesn't seem to be *any* sub-device properties >>> defined in the binding document. So what are you trying to achieve >>> with the child nodes? >> >> I wanted to have the DT like: >> >> as3722 { >> compatible = "ams,as3722"; >> reg = <0x40>; >> >> #interrupt-controller; >> ..... >> >> >> regulators { >> ldo1-in-supply = <..>; >> .... >> sd0 { >> regulator-name = "vdd-cpu"; >> ..... >> }; >> sd1 { >> regulator-name = "vdd-ddr"; >> ..... >> }; >> .... >> }; >> }; >> >> And regulator driver should get the regulator node by their >> pdev->dev.of_node. >> Currently, in most of driver, we are having the code on regulator >> driver to get "regulators" node from parent node which I want to >> avoid. > > Ah, I see. Yes, I believe the regulators should have their own node, The use of a "regulators" node to keep all the regulator configuration in one place seems fine... > complete with a compatible string. ... but I see not reason why that node has to have a separate compatible property, or /has/ to have a separate driver. I think having a compatible value in this node would only be required if the HW block that implements those registers is actually expected to be shared between n different chips, and hence it's likely that you'd get re-use out of a separate binding, driver, etc. It's perfectly reasonable for the regulator MFD driver to know that the binding for the top-level PMIC node has a regulators child node, and go find it by name, and read whatever properties/nodes it needs directly out of it. Writing code that way in no ways implies a need for a compatible value. > To have each regulator listed > separately in the parent node seems a little messy. Just out of > interest, how many regulators are we talking about here? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html