linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/7] doc: dt: mtd: partition: add on-flash format binding

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Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2015 12:36:28 +1100
From:	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>
To:	Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...il.com>
Cc:	Jonas Gorski <jogo@...nwrt.org>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	devicetree-spec@...r.kernel.org, Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	MTD Maling List <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/7] doc: dt: mtd: partition: add on-flash format
 binding

On Sat, Dec 05, 2015 at 10:33:30PM +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> On 5 December 2015 at 12:39, Jonas Gorski <jogo@...nwrt.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Brian Norris
> > <computersforpeace@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> >> +
> >> +Examples:
> >> +
> >> +flash@0 {
> >> +       partitions {
> >> +               compatible = "google,fmap";
> >> +       };
> >> +};
> >
> > I wonder if this wouldn't be better served in a separate binding doc
> > with its compatible name as the filename, like we do with
> > driver^Whardware blocks, especially if we want to add more parsers.
> 
> 
> I find that *very* counter productive for bindings that go to the same
> node. You have a description of a node, and then suddenly there you
> have another file with another description of the same node. Totally
> awesome.

I can't actually work out from that if you're agreeing with the
original post or the first reply.

> Also how do you plan to write partitioning schemes with parameters
> like with non-zero offset of the partition table.

Presumably with properties in the patitions node.  Not seeing the
problem here.

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