linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 8/9] dt-bindings: xlnx: Add VTC and TPG bindings

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Message-ID: <4439d51f-072a-4b0f-a6e4-b95192eac83b@linaro.org>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:22:22 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
 Anatoliy Klymenko <anatoliy.klymenko@....com>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
 Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
 Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 8/9] dt-bindings: xlnx: Add VTC and TPG bindings

On 22/03/2024 19:05, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 06:59:18AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 21/03/2024 21:43, Anatoliy Klymenko wrote:
>>> diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/media/media-bus-format.h b/include/dt-bindings/media/media-bus-format.h
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000000..60fc6e11dabc
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/include/dt-bindings/media/media-bus-format.h
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR MIT) */
>>> +/*
>>> + * Media Bus API header
>>> + *
>>> + * Copyright (C) 2009, Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
>>> + *
>>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>>> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
>>> + * published by the Free Software Foundation.
>>
>> That's not true. Your SPDX tells something entirely different.
>>
>> Anyway, you did not explain why you need to copy anything anywhere.
> 
> I assume by "copy anything anywhere" you mean "why did you copy a linux
> uapi header into the bindings?

Yes, I trimmed context too much.

The reasoning of copying some UAPI and claiming it is a binding was:
"Copy media-bus-formats.h into dt-bindings/media to suplement TPG DT node."
so as seen *there is no reason*.

Commit msg should explain why we are doing things.

Best regards,
Krzysztof