Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: regulators: Add bindings for Maxim MAX20086-MAX20089

[Mark Brown]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 04:43:12PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 02:26:45PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 11:11:23PM +0200, Laurent Pinchart wrote:

> > > +    required:
> > > +      - OUT1
> > > +      - OUT2

> > Why are we requiring that there be machine constraints for the
> > individual regulators?  There's already a problem with people just
> > using the maximum possible control a regulator has as the default for
> > devices without regard to what the specific system can support.

> Could you elaborate a bit, keeping in mind that I'm a newbie when it
> comes to the regulator framework ? :-)

Not really...  the question is why we are marking these as required
rather than just letting them be omitted as we normally do for
individual regulators on a device.  What purpose does it serve?

> How should I modify the DT bindings to match that correctly ?

Remove the required:.

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