Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:31:31 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/44] mfd: as3722: Drop reference to pm_power_off from
 devicetree bindings
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On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 11:21:11AM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> On 10/07/14 00:28, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > Devicetree bindings are supposed to be operating system independent
> > and should thus not describe how a specific functionality is implemented
> > in Linux.
> 
> So your argument is that linux/Documentation/devicetree/bindings should
> not be specific to Linux. Merely hosted in the Linux kernel source
> repository.
> 
> Well that's certainly a point of view.
> 
Not specifically my argument, really, and nothing new either. But, yes, I do
think that devicetree bindings descriptions should not include implementation
details, especially since those may change over time (as is the case here).

Thanks,
Guenter
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