linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: mtd: Add a schema for binman

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Message-ID: <e045afaa-bc38-4fed-966e-a034e106c86c@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:56:55 +0300
From:   Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@...il.com>
To:     Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
Cc:     U-Boot Mailing List <u-boot@...ts.denx.de>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Tom Rini <trini@...sulko.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: mtd: Add a schema for binman

On 2023-09-21 21:45 +03:00, Simon Glass wrote:
> Binman[1] is a tool for creating firmware images. It allows you to
> combine various binaries and place them in an output file.
> 
> Binman uses a DT schema to describe an image, in enough detail that
> it can be automatically built from component parts, disassembled,
> replaced, listed, etc.
> 
> Images are typically stored in flash, which is why this binding is
> targeted at mtd. Previous discussion is at [2] [3].
> 
> [1] https://u-boot.readthedocs.io/en/stable/develop/package/binman.html
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20230821180220.2724080-3-sjg@chromium.org/
> [3] https://www.spinics.net/lists/devicetree/msg626149.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
> ---
> 
>  .../bindings/mtd/partitions/binman.yaml       | 50 +++++++++++++++
>  .../bindings/mtd/partitions/binman/entry.yaml | 61 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../bindings/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml   |  1 +
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |  5 ++
>  4 files changed, 117 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/binman.yaml
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/binman/entry.yaml

This doesn't match the schema in [2], but seems more like v1 of that. Is
that intentional?