Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: mma8452: Re-word 'interrupt-names' description

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On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 10:43:09 +0200
Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 22.10.19 05:56, Andrey Smirnov wrote:
> > Current wording in the binding documentation doesn't make it 100%
> > clear that only one of "INT1" and "INT2" will ever be used by the
> > driver and that specifying both has no advantages. Re-word it to make
> > this aspect a bit more explicit.

>From a quick glance at the datasheet, it appears that the hardware
is capable of routing different interrupts to different pins, even
if the driver does not do so.

CTRL_REG5 has 6 different bits to set whether particular blocks have
their interrupt routed to INT1 or INT2, so it appears to be possible
to send some each way.
 
A binding is for the hardware not the driver, so if I'm right about this
the current text is correct and should be left alone.

Thanks,

Jonathan

> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Chris Healy <cphealy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/accel/mma8452.txt | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/accel/mma8452.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/accel/mma8452.txt
> > index e132394375a1..b27b6bee9eb6 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/accel/mma8452.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/accel/mma8452.txt
> > @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Optional properties:
> >  
> >    - interrupts: interrupt mapping for GPIO IRQ
> >  
> > -  - interrupt-names: should contain "INT1" and/or "INT2", the accelerometer's
> > +  - interrupt-names: should contain "INT1" or "INT2", the accelerometer's
> >  		     interrupt line in use.
> >  
> >    - vdd-supply: phandle to the regulator that provides vdd power to the accelerometer.
> >   
> 
> Acked-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> thanks,
> 
>                            martin
> 





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