Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] hwmon: (sht4x) Add device tree match table and document it

From: David Mosberger-Tang
Date: Sun Nov 21 2021 - 11:15:35 EST


On Sat, 2021-11-20 at 13:51 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 02:36:39PM -0700, David Mosberger-Tang wrote:
> > On Sat, 2021-11-20 at 13:12 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > On 11/20/21 12:40 PM, David Mosberger-Tang wrote:
> > > > This patch enables automatic loading of the sht4x module via a device
> > > > tree table entry.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > .../bindings/hwmon/sensirion,sht4x.yaml | 50 +++++++++++++++++++
> > > > drivers/hwmon/sht4x.c | 7 +++
> > >
> > > This needs to be two separate patches, one the devicetree change and the other
> > > the source code change. DT maintainers need to be copied on the devicetree
> > > patch.
> >
> > Isn't that going to be confusing if one but not the other patch makes
> > it into a repository? Either you end up with an undocumented device
> > tree property or you end up with documentation for an unsupported
> > property.
> >
> This is a trivial device, so that isn't really an issue. Otherwise,
> if there are real bindings to approve, I would not accept the patch
> making the code change unless the devicetree patch is approved,
> and I would typically apply both together.

Got it, thanks for the explanation.

--david