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From:   Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 1 Oct 2018 10:01:42 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] [media] ad5820: DT new optional field enable-gpios
To:     Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@gmail.com>
Cc:     Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>, Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>,
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        Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
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On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 7:40 AM Ricardo Ribalda Delgado
<ricardo.ribalda@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 2:36 PM Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 3:20 AM Ricardo Ribalda Delgado
> > <ricardo.ribalda@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Rob
> > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 8:23 PM Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 10:47:47PM +0200, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> > > > > Document new enable-gpio field. It can be used to disable the part
> > > >
> > > > enable-gpios
> > > >
> > > > > without turning down its regulator.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@gmail.com>
> > > > > Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ad5820.txt | 7 +++++++
> > > > >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ad5820.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ad5820.txt
> > > > > index 5940ca11c021..9ccd96d3d5f0 100644
> > > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ad5820.txt
> > > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ad5820.txt
> > > > > @@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ Required Properties:
> > > > >
> > > > >    - VANA-supply: supply of voltage for VANA pin
> > > > >
> > > > > +Optional properties:
> > > > > +
> > > > > +   - enable-gpios : GPIO spec for the XSHUTDOWN pin. Note that the polarity of
> > > > > +the enable GPIO is the opposite of the XSHUTDOWN pin (asserting the enable
> > > > > +GPIO deasserts the XSHUTDOWN signal and vice versa).
> > > >
> > > > shutdown-gpios is also standard and seems like it would make more sense
> > > > here. Yes, it is a bit redundant to have both, but things just evolved
> > > > that way and we don't want to totally abandon the hardware names (just
> > > > all the variants).
> > > >
> > >
> > > Sorry to insist
> > >
> > > The pin is called xshutdown, not shutdown and is inverse logic,
> > > Wouldnt it make more sense to use the name
> > > enable-gpios?
> >
> > Inverse of what? shutdown-gpios is the inverse of enable-gpios. By
> > using shutdown-gpios you can just get rid of "Note that the polarity
> > of the enable GPIO is the opposite of the XSHUTDOWN pin (asserting the
> > enable GPIO deasserts the XSHUTDOWN signal and vice versa)."
>
> The pin is called XSHUTDOWN
>
> 0V means shutdown
>
> 3.3V means enable
>
> This is why I think is more clear to use enable as name in the device tree.

Neither enable-gpios nor shutdown-gpios have a defined polarity. The
polarity is part of the flags cell in the specifier.

Rob