[PATCH V3 1/6] dt-bindings: nvmem: layouts: add U-Boot environment variables layout

Rob Herring robh at kernel.org
Wed Jan 3 16:11:29 PST 2024


On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 06:34:16PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> 
> U-Boot env data is a way of storing firmware variables. It's a format
> that can be used of top of various storage devices. Its binding should
> be an NVMEM layout instead of a standalone device.
> 
> This patch adds layout binding which allows using it on top of MTD NVMEM
> device as well as any other. At the same time it deprecates the old
> combined binding.

I don't understand the issue. From a DT perspective, there isn't. A 
partition is not a device, but is describing the layout of storage 
already.

Rob



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