Re: [PATCH RFC v2] dt-bindings: mmc: mmc-slot: make compatible property optional

[neil.armstrong@linaro.org]

On 07/02/2025 10:02, Dharma.B@microchip.com wrote:
> On 07/02/25 2:25 pm, Neil Armstrong wrote:
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>> On 05/02/2025 04:48, Dharma Balasubiramani wrote:
>>> Remove the compatible property from the list of required properties and
>>> mark it as optional.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Dharma Balasubiramani <dharma.b@microchip.com>
>>> ---
>>> Changes in v2:
>>> - Instead of moving the compatible string to the other binding, just
>>> make it
>>>     optional (remove from required list).
>>> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241219-mmc-slot-v1-1-
>>> dfc747a3d3fb@microchip.com
>>> ---
>>>    Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc-slot.yaml | 1 -
>>>    1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc-slot.yaml b/
>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc-slot.yaml
>>> index 1f0667828063..ca3d0114bfc6 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc-slot.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc-slot.yaml
>>> @@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ properties:
>>>        maxItems: 1
>>>
>>>    required:
>>> -  - compatible
>>>      - reg
>>
>> If you remove it from here then it's still required in Documentation/
>> devicetree/bindings/mmc/amlogic,meson-mx-sdio.yaml
>> so please add it.
> 
> If moving the compatible to its specific binding isn't appropriate (as
> per Conor),
> and if removing it from the required list here doesn’t seem reasonable
> to you,
> then adding an unnecessary compatible string in our DTS files doesn’t
> make sense to me.
> 
> What could be the solution then?

The solution is right but you modify the meson-mx-sdio bindings, so
simply add compatible in a required list for the slot node.

Something like:
========================================================================
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/amlogic,meson-mx-sdio.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/amlogic,meson-mx-sdio.yaml
index 022682a977c6..0d4d9ca6a8d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/amlogic,meson-mx-sdio.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/amlogic,meson-mx-sdio.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ patternProperties:
        bus-width:
          enum: [1, 4]

+    required:
+      - compatible
+
      unevaluatedProperties: false

========================================================================

Conor, Is it right ?

Neil

>>
>> Thanks,
>> Neil
>>
>>>
>>>    unevaluatedProperties: false
>>>
>>> ---
>>> base-commit: 40b8e93e17bff4a4e0cc129e04f9fdf5daa5397e
>>> change-id: 20241219-mmc-slot-0574889daea3
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>
> 
>