Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: at24: new optional property - enable-gpios
From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Aug 17 2022 - 21:48:50 EST
On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 01:00:01PM +0000, Eliav Farber wrote:
> Boards using the AT24 EEPROMs might have a GPIO that must be set to
> enable the chip (e.g. pin that controls the power supply).
>
If this is a power supply control, use a gpio regulator.
> Add a new optional property to the device tree binding document, which
> allows to specify the GPIO line to which the enable pin is connected.
>
> On Linux this means that we need to hog the line at the beginning of
> probe function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eliav Farber <farbere@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt
> index f9a7c984274c..553b53ed3e4c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt
> @@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ Optional properties:
>
> - wp-gpios: GPIO to which the write-protect pin of the chip is connected.
>
> + - enable-gpios: GPIO to enables the chip (e.g. pin that controls the eeprom
> + power supply).
> +
> - address-width: number of address bits (one of 8, 16).
>
> Example:
> --
> 2.37.1
>