Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: hwmon: merge max31785 into trivial devices

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Aug 23 2021 - 17:12:37 EST


On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 9:23 AM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 8/19/21 11:25 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > Ther Maxim max31785 bindings are trivial, so simply merge it into
> > trivial-devices.yaml.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > .../devicetree/bindings/hwmon/max31785.txt | 22 -------------------
>
> Not sure if that is a good idea. It would make more sense to standardize the
> properties needed by the driver/chip instead (see existing dts files in the kernel).

This device is certainly not trivial, the binding is just incomplete.

Device specific fan controller bindings are something I'm just going
to reject until someone comes up with something common.

Rob