Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] dt-bindings: input: add GPIO controllable vibrator

From: Luca Weiss
Date: Wed Apr 17 2019 - 12:02:34 EST


On Freitag, 12. April 2019 17:06:23 CEST Luca Weiss wrote:
> Provide a simple driver for GPIO controllable vibrators.
> It will be used by the Fairphone 2.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Weiss <luca@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../bindings/input/gpio-vibrator.txt | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-vibrator.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-vibrator.txt
> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-vibrator.txt new file mode
> 100644
> index 000000000000..93e5a8e7622d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-vibrator.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> +* GPIO vibrator device tree bindings
> +
> +Registers a GPIO device as vibrator, where the vibration motor just has the
> +capability to turn on or off. If the device is connected to a pwm, you
> should +use the pwm-vibrator driver instead.
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible: should contain "gpio-vibrator"
> +- enable-gpios: Should contain a GPIO handle
> +
> +Optional properties:
> +- vcc-supply: Phandle for the regulator supplying power
> +
> +Example from Fairphone 2:
> +
> +vibrator {
> + compatible = "gpio-vibrator";
> + enable-gpios = <&msmgpio 86 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> + vcc-supply = <&pm8941_l18>;
> +};

I see that the yaml based device tree binding docs seem to be the new hotness?
Is there any "policy" / preference about new drivers?

Luca