linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 1/3] dt-bindings: mtd: Describe MTD partitions concatenation

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Message-ID: <87ldu2qqju.fsf@bootlin.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:36:37 +0100
From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc: Amit Kumar Mahapatra <amit.kumar-mahapatra@....com>,  richard@....at,
  vigneshr@...com,  krzk+dt@...nel.org,  conor+dt@...nel.org,
  linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,  devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,  git@....com,  amitrkcian2002@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 1/3] dt-bindings: mtd: Describe MTD partitions
 concatenation

Hi Rob,

>> I'm talking about storing in a central place all the concatenated
>> partitions. Your proposal with "next-partition" works fine if we locate
>> it inside the 'partitions' node, but I feel like the 'part-concat'
>> instead was not fitting very well there. So I was wondering in this case
>> if moving the concatenation of the partitions would be eligible to the
>> chosen node, or if that's reserved to *very* few properties (and should
>> remain like that).
>
> You would have to solve the same problem as this patchset which is how 
> to support N sets of concatenated partitions.
>
> In general though, we add new things to /chosen very carefully. It's 
> usually "things the bootloader configured/enabled" which I don't think 
> this qualifies as.

Interesting, I didn't have this "things the bootloader did" explicit
case in mind.

Thanks!
Miquèl