Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] dt-bindings: marvell: a38x: convert the soc compatibles description to yaml

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>]

On 27/12/2023 13:05, Josua Mayer wrote:
>>> +      - description: Armada 380 SoC
>>> +        items:
>>> +          - const: marvell,armada380
>>> +
>> Thanks for the conversion. I think this is still not what we want. The
>> main problem is of course in the original binding, not your conversion.
>> Compatible armada380 above alone is not correct. This is SoC and SoC
>> compatible cannot be used alone, because it is not specific enough to
>> differentiate boards. Same applies for further lists, which I removed
>> from the quote, for the same reasons.
>>
>> What we could do here is to fix this instead of pure conversion:
>> 1. Add this binding file with new compatibles for existing boards and
>> drop the TXT file, with explanation that you actually document properly
>> all existing board compatibles.
> So - we could add a boilerplate yaml with zero boards in conversion commit,
> and then add new or existing boards through separate commits?

boilerplate YAML file is kind of useless. It's like writing new driver
with adding empty C file and Makefile entry. I understand you want to
split logical items, but there is no logical action as "empty binding file".

> 
> I feel that collecting / fixing the compatibles for all a38x based 
> boards might be a lot of effort.
> Would it be acceptable to start with the few that I know / use myself?
> In addition to those already submitted I could include 
> armada-388-helios4.dts.

Yes, it's fine.

> 
>> 2. Add compatibles to existing DTS.
> For boards I do not know / using codenames - is there a template / 
> generic description string?
>> 3. Add your new board compatibles.
>>
>> At least this is what I would do for typical cases, but as I said
>> before, Marvell here is in some surprising limbo state.
> 
Best regards,
Krzysztof