Re: [PATCH 2/2] backlight: arcxcnn: devicetree bindings for ArticSand devices

From: Mark Rutland
Date: Thu Sep 29 2016 - 15:23:29 EST


On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 12:35:37PM -0400, Olimpiu Dejeu wrote:
> Resubmition of arcxcnn backliught driver bindings correcting the file
> location, device name, and proper use of reg for device address
>
> Signed-off-by: Olimpiu Dejeu <olimpiu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> .../bindings/leds/backlight/arcxcnn_bl.txt | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> .../devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/arcxcnn_bl.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/arcxcnn_bl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/arcxcnn_bl.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..bcf5664
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/backlight/arcxcnn_bl.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
> +Binding for ArcticSand arc2c0608 LED driver
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible: should be "arc,arc2c0608"
> +- reg: slave address
> +
> +Optional properties:
> +- default-brightness: brightness value on boot, value from: 0-4095
> +- label: The name of the backlight device
> + See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
> +- led-sources: List of enabled channels from 0 to 5.
> + See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +arc2c0608@30 {
> + compatible = "arc,arc2c0608";
> + reg = <0x30>;
> + default-brightness = <500>;
> + label = "lcd-backlight";
> + linux,default-trigger = "backlight";
> + led-sources = <0 1 2 5>;
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> + prog@6 {
> + reg = <0x06>;
> + val = <0x0F>;
> + };

What is this prog@6 sub-node?

It isn't documented above, and its properties look incredibly suspicious --
this doesn't look right to me.

As a general note, please put binding patches earlier in the series than the
code implementing them, as per
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt.

Thanks,
Mark.