[PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: Drop incorrect usage of double '::'

[Conor Dooley]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 03:23:05PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 22/06/2026 12:19, sashiko-bot at kernel.org wrote:
> > Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
> > - [Low] Unintended replacement of BNF notation `::=` with `:=`.
> > --
> > 
> > commit a9fdd0b065eb5b6394a9c33ffba0fd5194e80115
> > Author: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at oss.qualcomm.com>
> > 
> > dt-bindings: Drop incorrect usage of double '::'
> > 
> > This commit cleans up device tree binding schemas by removing the redundant
> > double colons at the end of descriptions inside YAML literal style blocks.
> > 
> > Link: https://yaml.org/spec/1.2.2/#literal-style [1]
> > 
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/mux-consumer.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/mux-consumer.yaml
> >> index 9e2d78a78e409..769243a2bf046 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/mux-consumer.yaml
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/mux-consumer.yaml
> >> @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ description: |
> >>    Mux controller consumers should specify a list of mux controllers that they
> >>    want to use with a property containing a 'mux-ctrl-list':
> >>  
> >> -    mux-ctrl-list ::= <single-mux-ctrl> [mux-ctrl-list]
> >> -    single-mux-ctrl ::= <mux-ctrl-phandle> [mux-ctrl-specifier]
> >> +    mux-ctrl-list := <single-mux-ctrl> [mux-ctrl-list]
> >> +    single-mux-ctrl := <mux-ctrl-phandle> [mux-ctrl-specifier]
> > 
> > [Severity: Low]
> > Does this unintentionally change the standard Backus-Naur Form (BNF) ::=
> > operator to :=? It looks like a global search-and-replace for :: might
> 
> 
> I wasn't sure about that... and indeed this should not be changed. I
> will send a v2.

Other than this one that I agree shouldn't be changed to a single :,
Acked-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>

(Although I find the syntax used here to be really confusing and a good
example in the text would be a lot clearer. OTOH, how to write consumers
is, I think, well understood, since they all work the same.)
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