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On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 10:04:24PM +0100, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 at 21:29, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 10:40 AM Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@esmil.dk> wrote:

...

> No, I agree. I think it's only that Andy wasn't sure if these interim
> states might be meaningful/useful.

Exactly. Because HW could behave differently.

> > And if it is possible
> > to write DTS files that have states and sequence requirements,
> > these should be caught in validation. Should be.

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Andy Shevchenko