Re: [PATCH V3 1/6] dt-bindings: nvmem: layouts: add U-Boot environment variables layout

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Jan 03 2024 - 19:11:41 EST


On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 06:34:16PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> U-Boot env data is a way of storing firmware variables. It's a format
> that can be used of top of various storage devices. Its binding should
> be an NVMEM layout instead of a standalone device.
>
> This patch adds layout binding which allows using it on top of MTD NVMEM
> device as well as any other. At the same time it deprecates the old
> combined binding.

I don't understand the issue. From a DT perspective, there isn't. A
partition is not a device, but is describing the layout of storage
already.

Rob