On 22/12/2023 07:12, Sumit Garg wrote:
Changes in v2:
- Patch #1: excluded gitab CI config check and added commit description.
- Patch #3: s/UBOOT_DTSI_LOC/u_boot_dtsi_loc/
- Patch #4: s/DEVICE_TREE_LOC/dt_dir/ and s/U-boot/U-Boot/
- Patch #5: s/U-boot/U-Boot/
- Patch #6 and #7: Picked up review tags
Prerequisite
This patch series requires devicetree-rebasing git repo to be added as a subtree to the main U-Boot repo via:
$ git subtree add --prefix devicetree-rebasing \ git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/devicetree/devicetree-rebasing.git \ v6.6-dts --squash
Background
This effort started while I was reviewing patch series corresponding to Qcom platforms [1] which was about to import modified devicetree source files from Linux kernel. I suppose keeping devicetree files sync with Linux kernel without any DT bindings schema validation has been a pain for U-Boot SoC/platform maintainers. There has been past discussions about a single DT repo but that hasn't come up and Linux kernel remained the place where DT source files as well as bindings are placed and maintained.
Thanks for doing this.
I really suggest to store information that kernel DTS is directly re-used, thus DTS backward and forward compatibility matters, also in Linux kernel sources. The point is that sub-arch maintainers should be aware of it. I don't think that as DT maintainers we can efficiently keep an eye on it. Maybe create a subsystem profile and include it to maintainer entries of such affected platforms?
Best regards, Krzysztof
Best regards, Krzysztof