From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robherring2@gmail.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>,
Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@arm.com>,
Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk>,
Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>,
Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@gmail.com>,
Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>,
fparent@baylibre.com, Benoit Cousson <bcousson@baylibre.com>,
Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
linux-omap <linux-omap@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 00/15] Device Tree schemas and validation
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 09:38:59 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131002233859.GB29875@voom.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131002180841.GG27287@sirena.org.uk>
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On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 07:08:41PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:54:50PM +1000, David Gibson wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 03:54:20PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
>
> > > I would expect the schema to replace
> > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/* over time. I think the thing that
> > > needs to be worked out here is how to add free form multi-line text.
>
> > I'm not convinced that's a realistic goal. As I see it, the
> > fundamental difference between a binding document and a formal schema
> > is that a binding defines both the syntax required of a node, and its
> > semantics, whereas a schema defines only syntax - the semantics still
> > need to be defined somewhere.
>
> So long as the schema lets you include free form text to define the
> semantics I'm not sure there's an incompatibility there - the same
> document can cover both.
True, there's no reason the machine-readable schema and human-readable
documentation can't be contained in the same file.
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-24 16:52 [RFC 00/15] Device Tree schemas and validation Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 01/15] scripts/dtc: fix most memory leaks in dtc Benoit Cousson
[not found] ` <1380041541-17529-2-git-send-email-bcousson-rdvid1DuHRBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-02 12:59 ` David Gibson
[not found] ` <CAOwMV_zAZG3vvWS6pkyK-FbOEg_32KRO-k1SmFSh-pc9+0JiPA@mail.gmail.com>
2013-10-03 14:26 ` Fabien Parent
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 04/15] scripts/dtc: add procedure to handle dts errors Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 05/15] scripts/dtc: check type on properties Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 07/15] scripts/dtc: can inherit properties Benoit Cousson
[not found] ` <1380041541-17529-1-git-send-email-bcousson-rdvid1DuHRBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 02/15] scripts/dtc: build schema index for dts validation Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 03/15] scripts/dtc: validate each nodes and properties Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 06/15] scripts/dtc: check for required properties Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 08/15] scripts/dtc: check array size Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 09/15] scripts/dtc: check value of properties Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 10/15] scripts/dtc: add count limit on nodes Benoit Cousson
2013-10-01 22:22 ` [RFC 00/15] Device Tree schemas and validation Stephen Warren
[not found] ` <524B4B20.4020002-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-02 14:29 ` David Gibson
[not found] ` <20131002142914.GI6506-RXTfZT5YzpxwFLYp8hBm2A@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-03 13:53 ` Benoit Cousson
2013-10-06 3:02 ` Chaiken, Alison
2013-10-03 13:17 ` Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 11/15] scripts/dtc: check for children nodes Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 12/15] scripts/dtc: check constraints on parents Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 13/15] bindings: OMAP: add new schema files Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 14/15] scripts/dtc: validate dts against schema bindings Benoit Cousson
2013-09-24 16:52 ` [RFC 15/15] scripts/dtc: add verbose options Benoit Cousson
2013-10-01 8:06 ` [RFC 00/15] Device Tree schemas and validation Benoit Cousson
[not found] ` <524A8289.3050107-rdvid1DuHRBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-01 13:17 ` Rob Herring
[not found] ` <524ACB76.1010001-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-01 15:06 ` Benoit Cousson
2013-10-01 15:17 ` Jon Loeliger
2013-10-02 8:24 ` David Gibson
2013-10-02 9:25 ` Benoit Cousson
[not found] ` <524BE66D.7060308-rdvid1DuHRBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-02 13:22 ` Jon Loeliger
[not found] ` <524AE4FB.4080906-rdvid1DuHRBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-01 20:54 ` Rob Herring
[not found] ` <CAL_JsqJ31TGFJCSeSOqgee=OLVfSUTAYdF4nSn7X2DiCequVAw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-02 13:54 ` David Gibson
2013-10-02 18:08 ` Mark Brown
2013-10-02 23:38 ` David Gibson [this message]
2013-10-03 6:52 ` Benoit Cousson
2013-10-02 13:52 ` David Gibson
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