Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 2/6] dt-bindings: regulator: Add pm8008 regulator
 bindings
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Date:   Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:45:16 +0530
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On 1/10/2022 7:51 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 06:42:08PM +0530, Satya Priya Kakitapalli (Temp) wrote:
>
>> To understand how other upstream mfd drivers are handling this I've gone
>> through some of them. Taking one example, mfd/stpmic1.c is a pmic? mfd
>> device which has a regulators sub-node with separate compatible, and has the
>> parent supplies listed under the regulators node.
> There are some devices that did get merged doing this, that doesn't mean
> it's a great idea though.

In that case, it would be helpful if you could provide an example which 
has the design you suggested.