Re: [PATCH 1/7] dt-bindings: soc: qcom: Add qcom-pbs bindings

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 14/07/2023 22:32, Anjelique Melendez wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/12/2023 1:11 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 12/07/2023 16:35, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>>>>> Rob asked you - "Is there more than 1 instance in a PMIC?" - and you did
>>>>>> not answer positively, just mentioned something about drivers in
>>>>>> downstream, which do not matter. So is the answer for that question:
>>>>>> yes, you have two instances of the same PMIC differing by presence of
>>>>>> PBS and other features"?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry that was a misunderstanding on my part.
>>>>> Yes, answer to Rob's question should have been "We have two instances of PMI632,
>>>>> where one instance holds the pbs peripheral and the other holds the lpg
>>>>> peripherals. The child node for pbs is needed so lpg client can access
>>>>> the PMI632 regmap which contains the pbs peripheral."
>>>>
>>>> I guess I miss here something. What is "LPG client"? I don't understand
>>>> why this LPG client needs existence of PBS node, to be able to get the
>>>> regmap.
>>>>
>>>> PBS is a child of PMIC, so it can get regmap from the parent. What's
>>>> more, which DT property passes the regmap from PMIC to LPG client?
>>>
>>> There are some PMICs which claim two SPMI SIDs. For such PMICs, each
>>> SID is a separate device, so it is not directly possible to get the
>>> regmap of the other SID.
>>
>> OK, maybe after implementing all the review changes - including dropping
>> that singleton pattern - this will be clearer. Please send new version
>> and we will discuss it from there.
>>
> Sure, will work on getting that new version sent but I did just have clarifying question.
> When you say "dropping that singleton pattern" are you referring to dropping the 
> PBS node?
> Want to make sure we are all on the same page with what the next version will include :)

I was referring to my comments on driver, that you should not have
file-scope variable and get_pbs_client_device() iterating over global
list. It isn't singleton, actually, but the pattern in coding is very
similar to singleton approach.

Best regards,
Krzysztof