[PATCH] dt-bindings: mtd: convert "fixed-partitions" to the json-schema

Rob Herring robh+dt at kernel.org
Thu Dec 10 09:55:51 EST 2020


On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 7:02 AM Rafał Miłecki <zajec5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
>
> This standardizes its documentation, allows validating with Makefile
> checks and helps writing DTS files.
>
> Noticeable changes:
> 1. Dropped "Partitions can be represented by sub-nodes of a flash
>    device." as we also support subpartitions (don't have to be part of
>    flash device node)
> 2. Dropped "to Linux" as bindings are meant to be os agnostic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt     | 131 +---------------
>  .../mtd/partitions/fixed-partitions.yaml      | 146 ++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 129 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/fixed-partitions.yaml

> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/fixed-partitions.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/fixed-partitions.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c5e509e08f31
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/fixed-partitions.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mtd/partitions/fixed-partitions.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Fixed partitions
> +
> +description: |
> +  This binding can be used on platforms which have strong conventions about
> +  which portions of a flash are used for what purposes, but which don't use an
> +  on-flash partition table such as RedBoot.
> +
> +  The partition table should be a node named "partitions". Partitions are then
> +  defined as subnodes.
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> +
> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    const: fixed-partitions

You need to add #size-cells and #address-cells and make them required.

> +
> +patternProperties:
> +  "^.*@[0-9a-f]+$":
> +    description: node describing a single flash partition
> +    type: object
> +
> +    properties:
> +      reg:
> +        description: partition's offset and size within the flash
> +
> +      label:
> +        description: The label / name for this partition. If omitted, the label
> +          is taken from the node name (excluding the unit address).
> +
> +      read-only:
> +        description: This parameter, if present, is a hint that this partition
> +          should only be mounted read-only. This is usually used for flash
> +          partitions containing early-boot firmware images or data which should
> +          not be clobbered.
> +        type: boolean
> +
> +      lock:
> +        description: Do not unlock the partition at initialization time (not
> +          supported on all devices)
> +        type: boolean
> +
> +      slc-mode:
> +        description: This parameter, if present, allows one to emulate SLC mode
> +          on a partition attached to an MLC NAND thus making this partition
> +          immune to paired-pages corruptions
> +        type: boolean
> +
> +    required:
> +      - reg
> +
> +required:
> +  - compatible
> +
> +additionalProperties: true
> +
> +examples:
> +  - |
> +    partitions {
> +        compatible = "fixed-partitions";
> +        #address-cells = <1>;
> +        #size-cells = <1>;
> +
> +        partition at 0 {
> +            label = "u-boot";
> +            reg = <0x0000000 0x100000>;
> +            read-only;
> +        };
> +
> +        uimage at 100000 {
> +            reg = <0x0100000 0x200000>;
> +        };
> +    };
> +  - |
> +    partitions {
> +        compatible = "fixed-partitions";
> +        #address-cells = <1>;
> +        #size-cells = <2>;
> +
> +        /* a 4 GiB partition */
> +        partition at 0 {
> +            label = "filesystem";
> +            reg = <0x00000000 0x1 0x00000000>;
> +        };
> +    };
> +  - |
> +    partitions {
> +        compatible = "fixed-partitions";
> +        #address-cells = <2>;
> +        #size-cells = <2>;
> +
> +        /* an 8 GiB partition */
> +        partition at 0 {
> +            label = "filesystem #1";
> +            reg = <0x0 0x00000000 0x2 0x00000000>;
> +        };
> +
> +        /* a 4 GiB partition */
> +        partition at 200000000 {
> +            label = "filesystem #2";
> +            reg = <0x2 0x00000000 0x1 0x00000000>;
> +        };
> +    };
> +  - |
> +    partitions {
> +        compatible = "fixed-partitions";
> +        #address-cells = <1>;
> +        #size-cells = <1>;
> +
> +        partition at 0 {
> +            label = "bootloader";
> +            reg = <0x000000 0x100000>;
> +            read-only;
> +        };
> +
> +        firmware at 100000 {
> +            label = "firmware";
> +            reg = <0x100000 0xe00000>;
> +            compatible = "brcm,trx";

Can you move compatible to be the first property which is informal convention.

> +        };
> +
> +        calibration at f00000 {
> +            label = "calibration";
> +            reg = <0xf00000 0x100000>;
> +            compatible = "fixed-partitions";
> +            ranges = <0 0xf00000 0x100000>;
> +            #address-cells = <1>;
> +            #size-cells = <1>;
> +
> +            partition at 0 {
> +                label = "wifi0";
> +                reg = <0x000000 0x080000>;
> +            };
> +
> +            partition at 80000 {
> +                label = "wifi1";
> +                reg = <0x080000 0x080000>;
> +            };
> +        };
> +    };
> --
> 2.26.2
>



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