Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Documentation: devicetree: update bindings for tps23861

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Thu Aug 25 2022 - 11:03:07 EST


On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 04:37:36PM +0200, Andreas Böhler wrote:
> The tps23861 driver does not initialize the chip and relies on it being
> in auto-mode by default. On some devices, these controllers default to
> OFF-Mode and hence cannot be used at all.
>
> This brings minimal support for initializing the controller in a user-
> defined mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Böhler <dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>

nack for the series, sorry. The suggested properties are not hardware
monitoring but phy properties. There should be a separate phy driver
to manage those.

Also, as mentioned, the hwmon 'enable' attribute is abused to control
port functionality and should be removed.

Guenter