Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: clock: si5351: Make compatible string required property

[Michal Simek <michal.simek@amd.com>]

On 10/2/24 23:41, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 02:17:22PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 02/10/2024 12:31, Michal Simek wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/2/24 10:24, Michal Simek wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/2/24 10:19, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>>> On 02/10/2024 09:51, Michal Simek wrote:
>>>>>> Compatible property is likely also required property.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@amd.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> That's a convention but not necessary, a no-op.
>>>>
>>>> But how do you identify device then?
>>>> Or are you saying that device description is valid even if there is no
>>>> compatible string?
>>>
>>> One more thing
>>> commit 524dfbc4e9fc ("dt-bindings: clock: si5351: convert to yaml") is showing
>>> that compatible property was required in txt file.
>>>
>>> -Required properties:
>>> -- compatible: shall be one of the following:
>>> -       "silabs,si5351a" - Si5351a, QFN20 package
>>> -       "silabs,si5351a-msop" - Si5351a, MSOP10 package
>>>
>>> I can update commit message to describe it too.
>>
>> Devices do not work without compatible, so this is obvious... and like
>> said - it is already required, so the change is redundant. Does not
>> harm, though.
> 
> To put it another way, by the time the schema is applied, we already
> know that compatible is present because that is *how* the schema gets
> applied in the first place.

I get that argument but then based on this we should remove all records about 
compatible string as required property.

Thanks,
Michal