Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: mtd: Add a schema for binman

Alper Nebi Yasak
2023-09-22T13:57:04Z

On 2023-09-21 21:45 +03:00, Simon Glass wrote:
> Binman[1] is a tool for creating firmware images. It allows you to
> combine various binaries and place them in an output file.
>
> Binman uses a DT schema to describe an image, in enough detail that
> it can be automatically built from component parts, disassembled,
> replaced, listed, etc.
>
> Images are typically stored in flash, which is why this binding is
> targeted at mtd. Previous discussion is at [2] [3].
>
> [1] https://u-boot.readthedocs.io/en/stable/develop/package/binman.html
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20230821180220.2724080-3-sjg@chromium.org/
> [3] https://www.spinics.net/lists/devicetree/msg626149.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
> ---
>
> .../bindings/mtd/partitions/binman.yaml | 50 +++++++++++++++
> .../bindings/mtd/partitions/binman/entry.yaml | 61 +++++++++++++++++++
> .../bindings/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml | 1 +
> MAINTAINERS | 5 ++
> 4 files changed, 117 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/binman.yaml
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/binman/entry.yaml

This doesn't match the schema in [2], but seems more like v1 of that. Is
that intentional?