Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] dt-bindings: media: max9286: Define 'maxim,gpio-poc'

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Thu Apr 15 2021 - 03:00:06 EST


Hi Jacopo,

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 8:53 AM Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 02:47:12AM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 03:51:24PM +0200, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > > Define a new vendor property in the maxim,max9286 binding schema.
> > >
> > > The new property allows to declare that the remote camera
> > > power-over-coax is controlled by one of the MAX9286 gpio lines.
> > >
> > > As it is currently not possible to establish a regulator as consumer
> > > of the MAX9286 gpio controller for this purpose, the property allows to
> > > declare that the camera power is controlled by the MAX9286 directly.
> > >
> > > The property accepts a gpio-index (0 or 1) and one line polarity
> > > flag as defined by dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > .../bindings/media/i2c/maxim,max9286.yaml | 53 ++++++++++++++++++-
> > > 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/maxim,max9286.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/maxim,max9286.yaml
> > > index ee16102fdfe7..480a491f3744 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/maxim,max9286.yaml
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/maxim,max9286.yaml
> > > @@ -70,6 +70,24 @@ properties:
> > > a remote serializer whose high-threshold noise immunity is not enabled
> > > is 100000 micro volts
> > >
> > > + maxim,gpio-poc:
> >
> > I would have written poc-gpio to match the order of the GPIO bindings
> > syntax.
> >
>
> That's what I had :) but then the property gets matched against the
> gpio schema and I get complains because it expects a phandle as first
> argument... Maybe there's a way I've missed to prevent the property to
> be matched with *-gpio ?

GPIO hogs also use gpio properties lacking the phandle.
Hence the way this is handled for hogs may (or may not, it's yaml after all ;-)
inspire you how to handle this here.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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