Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Convert Microchip's HLCDC Text based DT bindings to JSON schema

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On 20/01/24 6:53 pm, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
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> Hi Sam & Rob,
> Hi Dharma & Rob.
> 
>>> To make the DT binding backward compatible you likely need to add a few
>>> compatible that otherwise would have been left out - but that should do
>>> the trick.
>>>
>>> The current atmel hlcdc driver that is split in three is IMO an
>>> over-engineering, and the driver could benefit merging it all in one.
>>> And the binding should not prevent this.
>>
>> I agree on all this, but a conversion is not really the time to redesign
>> things. Trust me, I've wanted to on lots of conversions. It should be
>> possible to simplify the driver side while keeping the DT as-is. Just
>> make the display driver bind to the MFD node instead. After that, then
>> one could look at flattening everything to 1 node.
> 
> Understood and thinking a bit about it fully agreed as well.
> Dharma - please see my comments only as ideas for the future, and
> ignore them in this fine rewrite you do.
> 
>          Sam
Based on your insights, I'm contemplating the decision to merge Patch 2 
[PWM binding] with Patch 3[MFD binding]. It seems redundant given that 
we already have a PWM node example in the MFD binding.

Instead of introducing a new PWM binding,
   pwm:
     $ref: /schemas/pwm/atmel,hlcdc-pwm.yaml

I will update the existing MFD binding as follows:

properties:
   compatible:
     const: atmel,hlcdc-pwm

   "#pwm-cells":
     const: 3

required:
   - compatible
   - "#pwm-cells"

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With Best Regards,
Dharma B.