linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: phy: make phy-cells description a text

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Message-ID: <8fbee49a-8215-32b7-3545-66df70ecc38d@linaro.org>
Date:   Sun, 19 Jun 2022 13:46:17 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc:     Chunfeng Yun <chunfeng.yun@...iatek.com>,
        Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Anurag Kumar Vulisha <anurag.kumar.vulisha@...inx.com>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: phy: make phy-cells description a text

On 19/06/2022 13:40, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> Thank you for the patch.
> 
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 01:33:25PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> The description field is a string, so using YAML inside phy-cells
>> description is not actually helpful.
> 
> Does it hurt though ? For xlnx,zynqmp-psgtr.yaml I wrote it that way to
> prepare for a future where it could be described using a YAML schema
> (but such future may never come).

No, it does not hurt. It is however confusing some folks and they think
schema goes into description. The description should be
readable/descriptive for humans, so if you think your approach is
better, I am perfectly fine with it.


Best regards,
Krzysztof