[PATCH 00/21] Qualcomm generic board support

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 05/12/2023 08:13, Sumit Garg wrote:
>>> @DT bindings maintainers,
>>>
>>> Given the ease of maintenance of DT bindings within Linux kernel
>>> source tree, I don't have a specific objection there. But can we ease
>>> DTS testing for firmware/bootloader projects by providing a versioned
>>> release package for DT bindings? Or if someone else has a better idea
>>> here please feel free to chime in.
>>
>> This doesn't work for you?:
>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/devicetree/devicetree-rebasing.git/
> 
> Thanks, this is certainly a good step which I wasn't aware of. Further
> simplification can be done to decouple devicetree source files from DT
> bindings. 

Why?

> AFAIK, DT bindings should be forwards and backwards
> compatible. 

The same with DTS.

> So if you pick up DTS or DTB from any project tree
> (upstream kernel or stable kernel or u-boot) then DT schema validation
> would ensure that corresponding DTS or DTB doesn't regress the DT
> bindings.

And why is this argument to decouple DTS from bindings?

> 
> Ideally, it should be more user/CI friendly if DT bindings can be
> easily installed alongside devicetree schema tools [1].
> 
> [1] https://github.com/devicetree-org/dt-schema

Does it mean you will work on this?

Best regards,
Krzysztof