Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: isl68137: add bindings to support voltage dividers

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On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 07:45:38AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 11/5/24 04:19, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 7:20 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 11/4/24 07:08, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 5:41 PM Grant Peltier <grantpeltier93@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Add devicetree bindings to support declaring optional voltage dividers to
> > > > > the rail outputs of supported digital multiphase regulators. Some
> > > > > applications require Vout to exceed the voltage range that the Vsense pin
> > > > > can detect. This binding definition allows users to define the
> > > > > characteristics of a voltage divider placed between Vout and the Vsense
> > > > > pin for any rail powered by the device.
> > > > > 
> > > > > These bindings copy the vout-voltage-divider property defined in the
> > > > > maxim,max20730 bindings schema since it is the best fit for the use case
> > > > > of scaling hwmon PMBus telemetry. The generic voltage-divider property
> > > > > used by many iio drivers was determined to be a poor fit because that
> > > > > schema is tied directly to iio for the purpose of scaling io-channel
> > > > > voltages and the isl68137 driver is not an iio driver.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Grant Peltier <grantpeltier93@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >    .../hwmon/pmbus/renesas,isl68137.yaml         | 147 ++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >    1 file changed, 147 insertions(+)
> > > > >    create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/pmbus/renesas,isl68137.yaml
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/pmbus/renesas,isl68137.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/pmbus/renesas,isl68137.yaml
> > > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > > index 000000000000..ed659c2baadf
> > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/pmbus/renesas,isl68137.yaml
> > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
> > > > > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > > > > +%YAML 1.2
> > > > > +---
> > > > > +
> > > > > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/hwmon/pmbus/renesas,isl68137.yaml#
> > > > > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> > > > > +
> > > > > +title: Renesas Digital Multiphase Voltage Regulators with PMBus
> > > > > +
> > > > > +maintainers:
> > > > > +  - Grant Peltier <grant.peltier.jg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > +
> > > > > +description: |
> > > > > +  Renesas digital multiphase voltage regulators with PMBus.
> > > > > +  https://www.renesas.com/en/products/power-management/multiphase-power/multiphase-dcdc-switching-controllers
> > > > > +
> > > > > +properties:
> > > > > +  compatible:
> > > > > +    enum:
> > > > 
> > > > Somehow "isl68137" is missing from your list. "make
> > > > dt_compatible_check" reports it as not documented.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Turns out it is also documented as "isil,isl68137" in trivial-devices.yaml
> > > (together with isil,isl69260). Both are referenced in .dts files. How should
> > > that be handled ?
> > 
> > Move those compatibles here. And this file should be renamed to
> > isil,isl68137.yaml or some other actual compatible value.
> > 
> 
> I guess that is a bit more complicated since Renesas acquired Intersil.
> Is there a common guidance explaining how new compatibles should be defined
> in such situations ?
> 
> Anyway, I had the patches queued in linux-next. I dropped them until
> this is sorted out.

The old ones with existing compatibles should keep their names, the new ones
should probably match whatever is in their datasheet so that people can
have an easier time.

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