Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] arm64: dts: ti: k3-j7200-som-p0: Add TP6594 family PMICs

From: Esteban Blanc
Date: Mon Apr 17 2023 - 06:23:45 EST


On Fri Apr 14, 2023 at 1:36 PM CEST, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 14/04/2023 13:28, Esteban Blanc wrote:
> > TPS6594 is a Power Management IC which provides regulators and others
> > features like GPIOs, RTC, watchdog, ESMs (Error Signal Monitor), and
> > PFSM (Pre-configurable Finite State Machine). The SoC and the PMIC can
> > communicate through the I2C or SPI interfaces.
> > TPS6594 is the super-set device while TPS6593 and LP8764 are derivatives.
> >
> > This should be applied on top of other patch series:
> > - https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230406075622.8990-1-jpanis@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > For core MFD driver
> > - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230414101217.1342891-1-eblanc@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > For regulator driver
>
> Why? DTS cannot be merged with drivers, so if you insist on such
> dependency then:
> 1. Your patchset is broken,
> 2. I actually does not understand why,
> 3. NAK - don't merge DTS into driver branches.
>
> You probably are misunderstanding branches and dependencies.

There is no dependency indeed. We thought that dt-bindings patch at least had
to be applied before this DT series even if it is not a 'dependency', the other
link was a mistake. I will remove these misleading links in next cover-letter.

Thanks for your time. Best regards,

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Esteban Blanc
BayLibre