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Message-ID: <20260109-bright-purring-oyster-8c9f0b@quoll>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 10:34:00 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@...nel.org>
Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>, 
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>, Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@...il.com>, 
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	Roger Quadros <rogerq@...nel.org>, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, 
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] dt-bindings: mtd: partitions: Drop partitions.yaml

On Thu, Jan 08, 2026 at 11:53:15AM -0600, Rob Herring (Arm) wrote:
>  patternProperties:
>    "^partitions(-boot[12]|-gp[14])?$":
> -    $ref: /schemas/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml
> +    type: object
> +    additionalProperties: true
>  
> -    patternProperties:
> -      "^partition@[0-9a-f]+$":
> -        $ref: /schemas/mtd/partitions/partition.yaml
> -
> -        properties:
> -          reg:
> -            description: Must be multiple of 512 as it's converted
> -              internally from bytes to SECTOR_SIZE (512 bytes)
> -
> -        required:
> -          - reg
> -
> -        unevaluatedProperties: false
> +    properties:
> +      compatible:
> +        contains:
> +          const: fixed-partitions
>  
>  required:
>    - compatible
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml
> index bbb56216a4e2..e56dba83f00a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ properties:
>      deprecated: true
>  
>    partitions:
> -    $ref: /schemas/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml
> +    type: object

I think you need explicit, since we require it for incomplete nodes:

additionalProperties: true

>  
>      required:
>        - compatible

...

> -unevaluatedProperties: false
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ti,davinci-nand.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ti,davinci-nand.yaml
> index ed24b0ea86e5..7619b19e7a04 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ti,davinci-nand.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ti,davinci-nand.yaml
> @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ properties:
>        - description: AEMIF control registers.
>  
>    partitions:
> -    $ref: /schemas/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml
> +    type: object
> +    required:
> +      - compatible

Same here

Best regards,
Krzysztof