On 9 October 2014 19:32:46 CEST, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote: >On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 05:09:36PM +0100, Guenter Roeck wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 04:07:56PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 03:50:42PM +0100, Frans Klaver wrote: >> > > From: René Moll <linux@xxxxxxxxx> >> > > >> > > Signed-off-by: René Moll <linux@xxxxxxxxx> >> > > Signed-off-by: Tjerk Hofmeijer <tjerk.hofmeijer@xxxxxxxxx> >> > > Signed-off-by: Frans Klaver <frans.klaver@xxxxxxxxx> >> > > --- >> > > .../bindings/power/reset/ltc2952-poweroff.txt | 31 >++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > > 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) >> > > create mode 100644 >Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/reset/ltc2952-poweroff.txt >> > > >> > > diff --git >a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/reset/ltc2952-poweroff.txt >b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/reset/ltc2952-poweroff.txt >> > > new file mode 100644 >> > > index 0000000..c3f3d9e >> > > --- /dev/null >> > > +++ >b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/reset/ltc2952-poweroff.txt >> > > @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ >> > > +Binding for the LTC2952 PowerPath controller >> > > + >> > > +This chip is used to externally trigger a system shut down. Once >the trigger >> > > +has been sent, the chips watchdog has to be reset to gracefully >shut down. >> > >> > s/chips/chip's/ >> > >> > > If +the Linux systems decides to shut down, it powers off the >platform >> > > via the +poweroff signal. >> > >> > This sentence can go; the binding should describe the hardware >rather >> > than the Linux behaviour. >> > >> Maybe find an operating system independent wording and describe what >the >> implementation should do. Or is that out of scope as well ? > >Something like "The platform can be powered off via the poweroff >signal" >would be OK. So long as it's not a description of Linux internals >that's >fine. > >Ideally the binding wouldn't state how the OS should use the device >either. So if bindings can be worded w.r.t. possible uses of a device >rather than specific users, that would be preferable unless the entire >point of the binding is to specify a very specific use. Alright, that makes sense. Thanks, Frans G -- 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
