[PATCH V3] dt-bindings: nvmem: add U-Boot environment variables binding

[Rob Herring]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:12:50 +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> 
> U-Boot uses environment variables for storing device setup data. It
> usually needs to be accessed by a bootloader, kernel and often
> user-space.
> 
> This binding allows describing environment data located in a raw flash
> partition. It's treated as NVMEM device and can be reused later for
> other storage devices.
> 
> Using DT should be cleaner than hardcoding & duplicating such info in
> multiple places. Bootloader & kernel can share DTS and user-space can
> try reading it too or just have correct data exposed by a kernel.
> 
> A custom "compatible" string allows system to automatically load
> relevant NVMEM driver but phandle can be also used for reading raw
> location.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> ---
> V2: Update descriptions to don't make this binding MTD (flash partition)
>     specific. Mention multiple possible storage ways.
> V3: Drop
>     allOf:
>       - $ref: nvmem.yaml#
>     as we don't use anything rom the nvmem.yaml. Thanks Rob.
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/nvmem/u-boot,env.yaml | 62 +++++++++++++++++++
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |  5 ++
>  2 files changed, 67 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/u-boot,env.yaml
> 

Applied, thanks!