Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] dt-bindings: mfd: twl: Add missing sub-nodes for TWL4030 & TWL603x

On Sat, 06 Sep 2025 16:59:03 +0200, Jihed Chaibi wrote:

Update the main TI TWL-family binding to be self-contained and to fix
pre-existing validation errors.

Following maintainer feedback, the simple power and PWM bindings are
now defined directly within this file, and their legacy .txt files
are removed.

To ensure future patches are bisectable, child nodes whose bindings
are in other patches (audio, keypad, usb, etc.) are now defined using
a flexible 'additionalProperties: true' pattern. This removes hard
dependencies between the MFD and subsystem bindings.

The complete dtbs_check for this binding is clean except for two
warnings originating from pre-existing bugs in the OMAP DTS files,
for which fixes have already been submitted separately [1][2].

Signed-off-by: Jihed Chaibi <redacted>

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Changes in v6:
  - Refactored the ti,twl4030-power compatible schema to be much stricter,
    removing obsolete board-specific compatibles (-n900, -beagleboard-xm),
    that were added in v5. The schema now only permits specific, valid
    fallback combinations. This change is supported by subsequent patches
    in the same series (2/3) & (3/3), which update the affected DTS files.
  - Enforced the presence of the compatible property on all relevant
    sub-nodes by adding 'required: - compatible', closing a key validation
    loophole.
  - Applied various formatting cleanups for readability and correctness.

Changes in v5:
  - Restructured the entire binding to define properties at the top
    level instead of if/then blocks, per maintainer feedback.
  - Added specific compatible enums for new child nodes instead of a
    generic 'compatible: true'.
  - Set 'unevaluatedProperties: false' for 'pwm' and 'pwmled' nodes to
    enforce strict validation.
  - Expanded 'power' node compatible enum to include all board-specific
    compatible strings (used in existing device trees, e.g. OMAP3-based
    boards) for more complete coverage.
  - Corrected the schema for the 'power' node compatible to properly
    handle single and fallback entries.

Changes in v4:
  - Reworked binding to be independent and bisectable per maintainer
    feedback by using 'additionalProperties: true' for child nodes.
  - Added board-specific compatibles to the 'power' node enum.
  - Added definitions for 'clocks' and 'clock-names' properties.
  - Renamed 'twl6030-usb' child node to 'usb-comparator' to match
    existing Device Tree usage (twl6030.dtsi).
  - Fixed some spelling/grammar erros in the description.

Changes in v3:
  - New patch to consolidate simple bindings (power, pwm) and add
    definitions for all child nodes to fix dtbs_check validation
    errors found in v2.

Changes in v2:
  - This patch is split from larger series [3] per maintainer feedback.
  - Added missing sub-node definitions, resolving dtbs_check errors.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250822222530.113520-1-jihed.chaibi.dev@gmail.com/ (local)
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250822225052.136919-1-jihed.chaibi.dev@gmail.com/ (local)
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250816021523.167049-1-jihed.chaibi.dev@gmail.com/ (local)
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 .../devicetree/bindings/mfd/ti,twl.yaml       | 221 +++++++++++++++++-
 .../devicetree/bindings/mfd/twl4030-power.txt |  48 ----
 .../devicetree/bindings/pwm/ti,twl-pwm.txt    |  17 --
 .../devicetree/bindings/pwm/ti,twl-pwmled.txt |  17 --
 4 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/twl4030-power.txt
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/ti,twl-pwm.txt
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/ti,twl-pwmled.txt

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>