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From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: like@awinic.com, lgirdwood@gmail.com, robh+dt@kernel.org,
	krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org, conor+dt@kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	liweilei@awinic.com, liangdong@awinic.com, yijiangtao@awinic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 1/1] regulator: Add awinic,aw3750x.yaml
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 19:20:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <295e4cb9-0fa1-8370-72da-ade8123c90a5@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17ad855b-3a3b-4dba-9a64-a1a683b3b905@sirena.org.uk>

On 05/07/2023 13:52, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 11:20:16AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 05/07/2023 10:19, like@awinic.com wrote:
>>> From: Ke Li <like@awinic.com>
> 
>>> +properties:
>>> +  compatible:
>>> +    const: awinic,aw3750x_led
> 
>> I don't understand why there is _led suffix. Isn't this regulator? Can
>> it be anything else?
> 
> Boost regulators are almost always used to drive LEDs for things like
> backlights.

Let me be a bit more precise - if this device can have multiple
functions, then the compatible usually has some suffixes (although no
underscores). If this device has only one feature - regardless whether
for backlight or for anything else - the compatible has only model.

Best regards,
Krzysztof


  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-05 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-05  8:19 [PATH V2 0/2] regulator: aw3750x: AW3750X regulator driver like
2023-07-05  8:19 ` [PATCH V1 1/1] regulator: Add awinic,aw3750x.yaml like
2023-07-05  9:20   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-07-05 11:52     ` Mark Brown
2023-07-05 17:20       ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
2023-07-05  9:36   ` Rob Herring

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