[PATCH 4/4] dt-bindings: net: dsa: mediatek,mt7530: update json-schema

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Thu Aug 11 23:57:14 PDT 2022


On 12/08/2022 01:09, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
>>> -patternProperties:
>>> -  "^(ethernet-)?ports$":
>>> -    type: object
>>
>> Actually four patches...
>>
>> I don't find this change explained in commit msg. What is more, it looks
>> incorrect. All properties and patternProperties should be explained in
>> top-level part.
>>
>> Defining such properties (with big piece of YAML) in each if:then: is no
>> readable.
> 
> I can't figure out another way. I need to require certain properties for 
> a compatible string AND certain enum/const for certain properties which 
> are inside patternProperties for "^(ethernet-)?port@[0-9]+$" by reading 
> the compatible string.

requiring properties is not equal to defining them and nothing stops you
from defining all properties top-level and requiring them in
allOf:if:then:patternProperties.


> If I put allOf:if:then under patternProperties, I can't do the latter.

You can.

> 
> Other than readability to human eyes, binding check works as intended, 
> in case there's no other way to do it.

I don't see the problem in doing it and readability is one of main
factors of code admission to Linux kernel.

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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