netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 00/14] nvmem: core: introduce NVMEM layouts

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Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2022 10:48:05 +0300
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
        Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/14] nvmem: core: introduce NVMEM layouts

On 28/08/2022 18:05, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> On 25.08.2022 23:44, Michael Walle wrote:
>> This is now the third attempt to fetch the MAC addresses from the VPD
>> for the Kontron sl28 boards. Previous discussions can be found here:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211228142549.1275412-1-michael@walle.cc/
>>
>>
>> NVMEM cells are typically added by board code or by the devicetree. But
>> as the cells get more complex, there is (valid) push back from the
>> devicetree maintainers to not put that handling in the devicetree.
> 
> I dropped the ball waiting for Rob's reponse in the
> [PATCH 0/2] dt-bindings: nvmem: support describing cells
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/0b7b8f7ea6569f79524aea1a3d783665@walle.cc/T/
> 
> Before we go any further can we have a clear answer from Rob (or
> Krzysztof now too?):
> 
> 
> Is there any point in having bindings like:
> 
> compatible = "mac-address";
> 
> for NVMEM cells nodes? So systems (Linux, U-Boot) can handle them in a
> more generic way?

I think Rob is already in the subject, but I wonder how would that work
for U-Boot? You might have multiple cards, so how does this matching
would work? IOW, what problem would it solve comparing to existing
solution (alias to ethernet device with mac-address field)?

Best regards,
Krzysztof