[PATCH v2 6/7] dt-bindings: mfd: syscon: Split and enforce documenting MFD children

Rob Herring (Arm) robh at kernel.org
Mon Jun 24 13:28:25 PDT 2024


On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 15:19:26 +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Simple syscon nodes can be documented in common syscon.yaml, however
> devices with simple-mfd compatible, thus with some children, should have
> their own schema listing these children.  Such listing makes the binding
> specific, allows better validation (so the incorrect child would not
> appear in the simple-mfd node) and actually enforces repeated rule for
> simple-mfd devices:
> 
>   "simple-mfd" is only for simple devices, where the children do not
>   depend on the parent.
> 
> Currently the syscon+simple-mfd binding is quite broad and allows
> any child or property, thus above rule cannot be enforced.
> 
> Split the syscon.yaml binding into:
> 1. Common syscon properties, used potentially by many bindings.
> 2. Simple syscon devices (NO simple-mfd!).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org>
> 
> ---
> 
> Depends on:
> 1. Patch in MFD: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171828959006.2643902.8308227314531523435.b4-ty@kernel.org/
> 2. Previous patches in the series.
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon-common.yaml     |  72 +++++
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/syscon.yaml  | 294 +++++++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 251 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)
> 

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




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