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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: leds-lp55xx: add ti,charge-pump-mode
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To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>,
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From:   Maarten Zanders <maarten.zanders@mind.be>
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On 2/2/23 14:43, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>
> Strings in DTS are usually easier to for humans to read, but it's not a
> requirement to use them. The problem of storing register values is that
> binding is tied/coupled with hardware programming model, so you cannot
> add a new device if the register value is a bit different (e.g.
> LP55XX_CP_OFF is 0x1). You need entire new binding for such case. With
> string - no need.
I understand and this is why I started with the string in the first 
place (as suggested by yourself in V1).
> With binding constants (IDs) also no need, so was this
> the intention? Just to be clear - it is then ID or binding constant, not
> a value for hardware register.
>
For simplicity sake, yes, now the setting is propagating directly into 
the register as a bit value. But this is how the current implementation 
of the drivers work. If we add a device in the future which indeed has 
different bit mappings, that driver will have to do a mapping of the DT 
binding to its own bit field definitions. I consider this DT binding as 
the "master", which is now conveniently chosen to match the register values.

Cheers,

Maarten