Re: [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: pinctrl: brcm: Ensure all child node properties are documented

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Mon Oct 23 2023 - 04:23:50 EST


On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 8:59 PM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The Broadcom pinctrl bindings are incomplete for child nodes as they are
> missing 'unevaluatedProperties: false' to prevent unknown properties.
> Fixing this reveals many warnings including having grandchild nodes in some
> cases. Many cases in the examples use 'group' property which is
> undocumented and not used by the driver. As the schemas define 'pins', I
> assume that is the correct name except for the one case, 6358, using
> 'groups' which is documented.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied!

> Well, it's been a year[1] and no one else has stepped up to fix these
> bindings. I'm still not certain where "pins" vs. "groups" is correct or
> whether it even matters (to the driver). As there are no .dts files to
> go by, I went with the schema being correct unless the example was the
> complete opposite (6358).
>
> This is about the last thing blocking enabling checks that child node
> schemas have unevaluatedProperties or additionalProperties. If no one
> wants to fix this correctly, then apply this or we should remove the
> bindings.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220816183911.2517173-1-robh@xxxxxxxxxx/

AFAICT you did the right thing, thanks for your perseverance on
this Rob!

Yours,
Linus Walleij