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From:   Chuanhong Guo <gch981213@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 14 Jan 2023 20:29:35 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] dt-bindings: leds: add worldsemi,ws2812b
To:     Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
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Hi!

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 10:57 PM Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org> wrote:
> [...]
> So the description is for 'this device' rather than any re-use.
>
> And the handling of this property is only contained in your driver?
>
> In which case, my understanding is that you should use a prefix.

(Just out of curiosity. I don't want this property now.)

My understanding is that a vendor prefix means this property
is for devices by this vendor. However color-index is for supporting
clones, which are chips not made by this vendor. Does a vendor
prefix really apply in this case?

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Regards,
Chuanhong Guo