Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 10/17] dt-bindings: net: pse-pd: Add another way of describing several PSE PIs

From: Rob Herring <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 07:51:30 -0600

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 04:41:50PM +0100, Köry Maincent wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:13:10 +0100
> Köry Maincent <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Rob,
> > 
> > Thanks for your review!
> > 
> > On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 14:43:49 +0000
> > Rob Herring <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 02:08:47PM +0100, Kory Maincent wrote:  
> > > > Before hand we set "#pse-cell" to 1 to define a PSE controller with    
> > > 
> > > #pse-cells
> > >   
> > > > several PIs (Power Interface). The drawback of this was that we could not
> > > > have any information on the PI except its number.    
> > > 
> > > Then increase it to what you need. The whole point of #foo-cells is that 
> > > it is variable depending on what the provider needs. 
> > >   
> > > > Add support for pse_pis and pse_pi node to be able to have more
> > > > information on the PI like the number of pairset used and the pairset
> > > > pinout.    
> > > 
> > > Please explain the problem you are trying to solve, not your solution. I 
> > > don't understand what the problem is to provide any useful suggestions 
> > > on the design.  
> > 
> > Please see Oleksij's reply.
> > Thank you Oleksij, for the documentation!!
> > 
> > > > 
> > > > Sponsored-by: Dent Project <[email-masked]>    
> > > 
> > > Is this a recognized tag? First I've seen it.  
> > 
> > This is not a standard tag but it has been used several times in the past.
> 
> Not so much used indeed:
> $ git log --grep="Sponsored" | grep Sponsored     
>     Sponsored by:  The FreeBSD Foundation
>     Sponsored by:  The FreeBSD Foundation
>     Sponsored by:  The FreeBSD Foundation
>     Sponsored by:  The FreeBSD Foundation
>     Sponsored-by: Google Chromium project
>     Sponsored: Google ChromeOS
>     Sponsored: Google ChromeOS
> 
> Is it ok to keep it?

IMO, its use should be documented like other tags, or it should not be 
used. Just write a sentence to the same effect.

Rob