linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/7] dt-bindings: connector: Add mikrobus-connector

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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:44:02 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Michael Walle <mwalle@...nel.org>
Cc: Ayush Singh <ayush@...gleboard.org>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Vaishnav M A <vaishnav@...gleboard.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Derek Kiernan <derek.kiernan@....com>,
	Dragan Cvetic <dragan.cvetic@....com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>, Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
	Tero Kristo <kristo@...nel.org>, jkridner@...gleboard.org,
	robertcnelson@...gleboard.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/7] dt-bindings: connector: Add mikrobus-connector

> That's then per board, per click board. right?
> 
> >
> > ```
> >
> >
> > The problem with making it children is that each connector will require 
> > seperate overlays for board configs.
> 
> Right.

For somebody who has not used overlays, could you expand on that.

Is it not possible to say "Overlay this DT fragment on point X of the
tree". So you populate children on a node. It should not matter if you
have the same children somewhere else, they have different parents?

     Andrew