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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 07/12] dt-bindings: mfd: Add a document for PECI client
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From:   Jae Hyun Yoo <jae.hyun.yoo@linux.intel.com>
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Hi Lee,

On 12/21/2018 6:47 AM, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2018, Jae Hyun Yoo wrote:
> 
>> This commit adds a dt-bindings document for PECI client MFD.
>>
>> +* Intel PECI client bindings

<snip>

>> +PECI (Platform Environment Control Interface) is a one-wire bus interface that
>> +provides a communication channel from PECI clients in Intel processors and
>> +chipset components to external monitoring or control devices. PECI is designed
>> +to support the following sideband functions:
>> +
>> +- Processor and DRAM thermal management
>> +- Platform Manageability
>> +- Processor Interface Tuning and Diagnostics
>> +- Failure Analysis
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +- compatible : Should be "intel,peci-client".
>> +- reg        : Should contain address of a client CPU. According to the PECI
>> +	       specification, client addresses start from 0x30.
>> +
>> +Example:
>> +	peci-bus@0 {
>> +		compatible = "vendor,soc-peci";
>> +		reg = <0x0 0x1000>;
>> +		#address-cells = <1>;
>> +		#size-cells = <0>;
>> +
>> +		peci-client@30 {
>> +			compatible = "intel,peci-client";
>> +			reg = <0x30>;
>> +		};
>> +
>> +		peci-client@31 {
>> +			compatible = "intel,peci-client";
>> +			reg = <0x31>;
>> +		};
> 
> The PECI Client driver (masquerading as an MFD driver in this set)
> doesn't actually do anything special.  Instead of detailing it here,
> register the child devices directly instead.
> 

Main purpose of the PECI client driver is providing 'reg' value to its
child devices. If I add the child nodes directly, compiler will make
warnings while building dtb because the child nodes are using the same
unit address.

Thanks,
Jae