Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: usb: dwc3: Move Amlogic G12A DWC3 Glue Bindings to YAML schemas

[Felipe Balbi]

Hi,

Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi Felipe,
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 9:39 AM Felipe Balbi
> <felipe.balbi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> > Now that we have the DT validation in place, let's convert the device tree
>> > bindings for the Amlogic G12A DWC3 Glue Bindings over to a YAML schemas,
>> > the AXG and GXL glue bindings will be converted later.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Is this a thing now? Why do we need a new format?
> this is a 2019 thing now, see an initial announcement from Rob from a
> year ago: [0]
>
> the new yaml schemas allow validation of the actual .dts
> this can be used for verifying that the example in the dt-bindings is
> correct, as well as for verifying the actual .dts file (so they match
> the actual dt-binding)
> (Rob's old mail - linked above - still has these two on the TODO list,
> nowadays this works fine)
>
> Neil is working towards full yaml schema based validation for all IP
> blocks used on Amlogic SoCs.
> with this patch we get a bit closer to that goal

cool, thanks for the background :-)

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balbi