linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: riscv: Limit cpus schema to only check RiscV 'cpu' nodes

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jul 2019 08:23:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
cc:     linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: riscv: Limit cpus schema to only check
 RiscV 'cpu' nodes

On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, Rob Herring wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 6:00 PM Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Matching on the 'cpus' node was a bad choice because the schema is
> > incorrectly applied to non-RiscV cpus nodes. As we now have a common cpus
> > schema which checks the general structure, it is also redundant to do so
> > in the Risc-V CPU schema.
> >
> > The downside is one could conceivably mix different architecture's cpu
> > nodes or have typos in the compatible string. The latter problem pretty
> > much exists for every schema.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> > ---
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml       | 143 ++++++++----------
> >  1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
> 
> Paul, do you plan to apply this? I have several fixes to send to Linus
> if you want me to include this.

Please go ahead:

Acked-by: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>

and thanks for asking.


- Paul