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Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 16:33:19 +0200
From: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
To: Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com>
Cc: David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>, Andrew Davis <afd@...com>,
Ayush Singh <ayush@...gleboard.org>, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@...ux-m68k.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann
<arnd@...db.de>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Saravana
Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
devicetree-compiler@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas
Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] dt-bindings: Add support for export-symbols node
On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:51:45 +0200
Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com> wrote:
> An export-symbols node allows to export symbols for symbols resolution
> performed when applying a device tree overlay.
>
> When a device tree overlay is applied on a node having an export-symbols
> node, symbols listed in the export-symbols node are used to resolve
> undefined symbols referenced from the overlay.
>
> This allows:
> - Referencing symbols from an device tree overlay without the need to
> know the full base board. Only the connector definition is needed.
>
> - Using the exact same overlay on several connectors available on a given
> board.
>
> For instance, the following description is supported with the
> export-symbols node:
> - Base device tree board A:
> ...
> foo_connector: connector1 {
> export-symbols {
> connector = <&foo_connector>;
> };
> };
>
> bar_connector: connector2 {
> export-symbols {
> connector = <&bar_connector>;
> };
> };
> ...
>
> - Base device tree board B:
> ...
> front_connector: addon-connector {
> export-symbols {
> connector = <&front_connector>;
> };
> };
> ...
>
> - Overlay describing an addon board the can be connected on connectors:
> ...
> node {
> ...
> connector = <&connector>;
> ...
> };
> ...
>
> Thanks to the export-symbols node, the overlay can be applied on
> connector1 or connector2 available on board A but also on
> addon-connector available on board B.
>
> Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com>
> Tested-by: Ayush Singh <ayush@...gleboard.org>
Reviewed-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
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