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[v8,0/3] dt-bindings: mtd: marvell-nand: Add YAML scheme

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Chris Packham May 31, 2023, 11:49 p.m. UTC
Add YAML scheme for the Marvell's NAND controller
to validate it's DT bindings. Old txt file is deleted,
not included the compatibles and properties which were marked as
deprecated.

Also fix node name in cp11x DTSI acording to nand-controller.yaml

I've picked up this series to hopefully get it over the line. I think I've
addressed all the feedback from the last round of review.

As of v7 I've re-ordered the patches so the fixups for the device trees come
before the schema so if the series is applied in order the various checkers
should pass cleanly.

Chris Packham (1):
  ARM: dts: mvebu: align MTD partition nodes to dtschema

Vadym Kochan (2):
  arm64: dts: marvell: cp11x: Fix nand_controller node name according to
    YAML
  dt-bindings: mtd: marvell-nand: Convert to YAML DT scheme

 .../bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml | 223 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt  | 126 ----------
 MAINTAINERS                                   |   1 -
 arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-385-atl-x530.dts     |  14 +-
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-cp11x.dtsi |   2 +-
 5 files changed, 231 insertions(+), 135 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt

Comments

Krzysztof Kozlowski June 1, 2023, 7:05 a.m. UTC | #1
On 01/06/2023 01:49, Chris Packham wrote:
> From: Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@plvision.eu>
> 
> Switch the DT binding to a YAML schema to enable the DT validation.
> 
> The text binding didn't mention it as a requirement but existing usage
> has
> 
>    compatible = "marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller",
>                 "marvell,armada370-nand-controller";
> 
> so the YAML allows this in addition to the individual compatible values.
> 
> There was also an incorrect reference to dma-names being "rxtx" where
> the driver and existing device trees actually use dma-names = "data" so
> this is corrected in the conversion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@plvision.eu>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     Changes in v8:
>     - Mark deprecated compatible values as such
>     - Allow "marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller" without
>       "marvell,armada370-nand-controller"
>     - Make dma-names usage reflect reality
>     - Update commit message
>     
>     Changes in v7:
>     - Restore "label" and "partitions" properties (should be picked up via
>       nand-controller.yaml but aren't)

What do you mean by "aren't"? They are not needed.

>     - Add/restore nand-on-flash-bbt and nand-ecc-mode which aren't covered
>       by nand-controller.yaml.
>     - Use "unevalautedProperties: false"
>     - Corrections for clock-names, dma-names, nand-rb and nand-ecc-strength
>     - Add pxa3xx-nand-controller example
>     
>     Changes in v6:
>     - remove properties covered by nand-controller.yaml
>     - add example using armada-8k compatible
>     
>     earlier changes:
>     
>     v5:
>        1) Get back "label" and "partitions" properties but without
>           ref to the "partition.yaml" which was wrongly used.
>     
>        2) Add "additionalProperties: false" for nand@ because all possible
>           properties are described.
>     
>     v4:
>        1) Remove "label" and "partitions" properties
>     
>        2) Use 2 clocks for A7K/8K platform which is a requirement
>     
>     v3:
>       1) Remove txt version from the MAINTAINERS list
>     
>       2) Use enum for some of compatible strings
>     
>       3) Drop:
>             #address-cells
>             #size-cells:
>     
>          as they are inherited from the nand-controller.yaml
>     
>       4) Add restriction to use 2 clocks for A8K SoC
>     
>       5) Dropped description for clock-names and extend it with
>          minItems: 1
>     
>       6) Drop description for "dmas"
>     
>       7) Use "unevalautedProperties: false"
>     
>       8) Drop quites from yaml refs.
>     
>       9) Use 4-space indentation for the example section
>     
>     v2:
>       1) Fixed warning by yamllint with incorrect indentation for compatible list
> 
>  .../bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml | 223 ++++++++++++++++++
>  .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt  | 126 ----------
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |   1 -
>  3 files changed, 223 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..433feb430555
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Marvell NAND Flash Controller (NFC)
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
> +
> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    oneOf:
> +      - items:
> +          - const: marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller
> +          - const: marvell,armada370-nand-controller
> +      - enum:
> +          - marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller
> +          - marvell,armada370-nand-controller
> +          - marvell,pxa3xx-nand-controller
> +      - description: legacy bindings
> +        deprecated: true
> +        enum:
> +          - marvell,armada-8k-nand
> +          - marvell,armada370-nand
> +          - marvell,pxa3xx-nand
> +
> +  reg:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +
> +  interrupts:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +
> +  clocks:
> +    description:
> +      Shall reference the NAND controller clocks, the second one is
> +      is only needed for the Armada 7K/8K SoCs
> +    minItems: 1
> +    maxItems: 2
> +
> +  clock-names:
> +    minItems: 1
> +    items:
> +      - const: core
> +      - const: reg
> +
> +  dmas:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +
> +  dma-names:
> +    items:
> +      - const: data
> +
> +  marvell,system-controller:
> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
> +    description: Syscon node that handles NAND controller related registers
> +
> +patternProperties:
> +  "^nand@[0-3]$":
> +    type: object
> +    unevaluatedProperties: false
> +    properties:
> +      reg:
> +        minimum: 0
> +        maximum: 3
> +
> +      nand-rb:
> +        minItems: 1

Drop minItems.

> +        maxItems: 1

Didn't you have here minimum and maximum? I think I did not ask to
remove them.

> +
> +      nand-ecc-step-size:
> +        const: 512
> +
> +      nand-ecc-strength:
> +        enum: [1, 4, 8, 12, 16]
> +
> +      nand-on-flash-bbt:
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> +
> +      nand-ecc-mode:
> +        const: hw
> +
> +      label:
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string

Drop label

> +
> +      partitions:
> +        type: object

Drop partitions.

> +
> +      marvell,nand-keep-config:
> +        description: |
> +          Orders the driver not to take the timings from the core and
> +          leaving them completely untouched. Bootloader timings will then
> +          be used.
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> +
> +      marvell,nand-enable-arbiter:
> +        description: |
> +          To enable the arbiter, all boards blindly used it,
> +          this bit was set by the bootloader for many boards and even if
> +          it is marked reserved in several datasheets, it might be needed to set
> +          it (otherwise it is harmless).
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> +        deprecated: true
> +
> +    additionalProperties: false

unevaluatedProperties: false

> +
> +    required:
> +      - reg
> +      - nand-rb
> +

required: block goes here

> +allOf:
> +  - $ref: nand-controller.yaml
> +
> +  - if:
> +      properties:
> +        compatible:
> +          contains:
> +            const: marvell,pxa3xx-nand-controller
> +    then:
> +      required:
> +        - dmas
> +        - dma-names
> +
> +  - if:
> +      properties:
> +        compatible:
> +          contains:
> +            const: marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller
> +    then:
> +      properties:
> +        clocks:
> +          minItems: 2
> +
> +        clock-names:
> +          minItems: 2
> +
> +      required:
> +        - marvell,system-controller
> +


Best regards,
Krzysztof
Chris Packham June 1, 2023, 9:07 p.m. UTC | #2
On 1/06/23 19:05, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 01/06/2023 01:49, Chris Packham wrote:
>> From: Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@plvision.eu>
>>
>> Switch the DT binding to a YAML schema to enable the DT validation.
>>
>> The text binding didn't mention it as a requirement but existing usage
>> has
>>
>>     compatible = "marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller",
>>                  "marvell,armada370-nand-controller";
>>
>> so the YAML allows this in addition to the individual compatible values.
>>
>> There was also an incorrect reference to dma-names being "rxtx" where
>> the driver and existing device trees actually use dma-names = "data" so
>> this is corrected in the conversion.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@plvision.eu>
>> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
>> ---
>>
>> Notes:
>>      Changes in v8:
>>      - Mark deprecated compatible values as such
>>      - Allow "marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller" without
>>        "marvell,armada370-nand-controller"
>>      - Make dma-names usage reflect reality
>>      - Update commit message
>>      
>>      Changes in v7:
>>      - Restore "label" and "partitions" properties (should be picked up via
>>        nand-controller.yaml but aren't)
> What do you mean by "aren't"? They are not needed.

I mean I simply cannot make it work and I'm out of ideas (I'm also in an 
awkward timezone so it takes 24hrs for me to ask a question and get a 
response which leads to me making guesses instead of waiting).

nand-controller.yaml references nand-chip.yaml which references mtd.yaml 
which defines the "label" and "partitions" property.

I thought marvell,nand-controller.yaml could just say `$ref: 
nand-controller.yaml` and it would mean I'd get all the definitions down 
the chain but this doesn't seem to work the way I expect (or more likely 
I'm not doing it right). I thought it might have something to do with 
the different patternProperties pattern but even when I make that match 
what is used in nand-controller.yaml it doesn't seem to pick up those 
properties.

>>      - Add/restore nand-on-flash-bbt and nand-ecc-mode which aren't covered
>>        by nand-controller.yaml.
>>      - Use "unevalautedProperties: false"
>>      - Corrections for clock-names, dma-names, nand-rb and nand-ecc-strength
>>      - Add pxa3xx-nand-controller example
>>      
>>      Changes in v6:
>>      - remove properties covered by nand-controller.yaml
>>      - add example using armada-8k compatible
>>      
>>      earlier changes:
>>      
>>      v5:
>>         1) Get back "label" and "partitions" properties but without
>>            ref to the "partition.yaml" which was wrongly used.
>>      
>>         2) Add "additionalProperties: false" for nand@ because all possible
>>            properties are described.
>>      
>>      v4:
>>         1) Remove "label" and "partitions" properties
>>      
>>         2) Use 2 clocks for A7K/8K platform which is a requirement
>>      
>>      v3:
>>        1) Remove txt version from the MAINTAINERS list
>>      
>>        2) Use enum for some of compatible strings
>>      
>>        3) Drop:
>>              #address-cells
>>              #size-cells:
>>      
>>           as they are inherited from the nand-controller.yaml
>>      
>>        4) Add restriction to use 2 clocks for A8K SoC
>>      
>>        5) Dropped description for clock-names and extend it with
>>           minItems: 1
>>      
>>        6) Drop description for "dmas"
>>      
>>        7) Use "unevalautedProperties: false"
>>      
>>        8) Drop quites from yaml refs.
>>      
>>        9) Use 4-space indentation for the example section
>>      
>>      v2:
>>        1) Fixed warning by yamllint with incorrect indentation for compatible list
>>
>>   .../bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml | 223 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt  | 126 ----------
>>   MAINTAINERS                                   |   1 -
>>   3 files changed, 223 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
>>   delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..433feb430555
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
>> @@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>> +%YAML 1.2
>> +---
>> +$id: http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=20988&d=18P45NWaR4V6pXt_kuivNCiVAXCm3C7MEF-_8xrP2A&u=http%3a%2f%2fdevicetree%2eorg%2fschemas%2fmtd%2fmarvell%2cnand-controller%2eyaml%23
>> +$schema: http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=20988&d=18P45NWaR4V6pXt_kuivNCiVAXCm3C7MEFvq8B-ZjQ&u=http%3a%2f%2fdevicetree%2eorg%2fmeta-schemas%2fcore%2eyaml%23
>> +
>> +title: Marvell NAND Flash Controller (NFC)
>> +
>> +maintainers:
>> +  - Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
>> +
>> +properties:
>> +  compatible:
>> +    oneOf:
>> +      - items:
>> +          - const: marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller
>> +          - const: marvell,armada370-nand-controller
>> +      - enum:
>> +          - marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller
>> +          - marvell,armada370-nand-controller
>> +          - marvell,pxa3xx-nand-controller
>> +      - description: legacy bindings
>> +        deprecated: true
>> +        enum:
>> +          - marvell,armada-8k-nand
>> +          - marvell,armada370-nand
>> +          - marvell,pxa3xx-nand
>> +
>> +  reg:
>> +    maxItems: 1
>> +
>> +  interrupts:
>> +    maxItems: 1
>> +
>> +  clocks:
>> +    description:
>> +      Shall reference the NAND controller clocks, the second one is
>> +      is only needed for the Armada 7K/8K SoCs
>> +    minItems: 1
>> +    maxItems: 2
>> +
>> +  clock-names:
>> +    minItems: 1
>> +    items:
>> +      - const: core
>> +      - const: reg
>> +
>> +  dmas:
>> +    maxItems: 1
>> +
>> +  dma-names:
>> +    items:
>> +      - const: data
>> +
>> +  marvell,system-controller:
>> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
>> +    description: Syscon node that handles NAND controller related registers
>> +
>> +patternProperties:
>> +  "^nand@[0-3]$":
>> +    type: object
>> +    unevaluatedProperties: false
>> +    properties:
>> +      reg:
>> +        minimum: 0
>> +        maximum: 3
>> +
>> +      nand-rb:
>> +        minItems: 1
> Drop minItems.
>
>> +        maxItems: 1
> Didn't you have here minimum and maximum? I think I did not ask to
> remove them.
>
>> +
>> +      nand-ecc-step-size:
>> +        const: 512
>> +
>> +      nand-ecc-strength:
>> +        enum: [1, 4, 8, 12, 16]
>> +
>> +      nand-on-flash-bbt:
>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>> +
>> +      nand-ecc-mode:
>> +        const: hw
>> +
>> +      label:
>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
> Drop label
>
>> +
>> +      partitions:
>> +        type: object
> Drop partitions.
>
>> +
>> +      marvell,nand-keep-config:
>> +        description: |
>> +          Orders the driver not to take the timings from the core and
>> +          leaving them completely untouched. Bootloader timings will then
>> +          be used.
>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>> +
>> +      marvell,nand-enable-arbiter:
>> +        description: |
>> +          To enable the arbiter, all boards blindly used it,
>> +          this bit was set by the bootloader for many boards and even if
>> +          it is marked reserved in several datasheets, it might be needed to set
>> +          it (otherwise it is harmless).
>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>> +        deprecated: true
>> +
>> +    additionalProperties: false
> unevaluatedProperties: false
>
>> +
>> +    required:
>> +      - reg
>> +      - nand-rb
>> +
> required: block goes here
>
>> +allOf:
>> +  - $ref: nand-controller.yaml
>> +
>> +  - if:
>> +      properties:
>> +        compatible:
>> +          contains:
>> +            const: marvell,pxa3xx-nand-controller
>> +    then:
>> +      required:
>> +        - dmas
>> +        - dma-names
>> +
>> +  - if:
>> +      properties:
>> +        compatible:
>> +          contains:
>> +            const: marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller
>> +    then:
>> +      properties:
>> +        clocks:
>> +          minItems: 2
>> +
>> +        clock-names:
>> +          minItems: 2
>> +
>> +      required:
>> +        - marvell,system-controller
>> +
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>
Chris Packham June 1, 2023, 11:06 p.m. UTC | #3
Hi Krzystof,

On 1/06/23 19:05, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 01/06/2023 01:49, Chris Packham wrote:
>> From: Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@plvision.eu>
>>
>> Switch the DT binding to a YAML schema to enable the DT validation.
>>
>> The text binding didn't mention it as a requirement but existing usage
>> has
>>
>>     compatible = "marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller",
>>                  "marvell,armada370-nand-controller";
>>
>> so the YAML allows this in addition to the individual compatible values.
>>
>> There was also an incorrect reference to dma-names being "rxtx" where
>> the driver and existing device trees actually use dma-names = "data" so
>> this is corrected in the conversion.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@plvision.eu>
>> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
>> ---
>>
>> Notes:
>>      Changes in v8:
>>      - Mark deprecated compatible values as such
>>      - Allow "marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller" without
>>        "marvell,armada370-nand-controller"
>>      - Make dma-names usage reflect reality
>>      - Update commit message
>>      
>>      Changes in v7:
>>      - Restore "label" and "partitions" properties (should be picked up via
>>        nand-controller.yaml but aren't)
> What do you mean by "aren't"? They are not needed.

(sorry I keep responding to snippets rather than putting all the replies 
in one place. For posterity here's the same response I provided in a 
separate message).

I mean I simply cannot make it work and I'm out of ideas (I'm also in an 
awkward timezone so it takes 24hrs for me to ask a question and get a 
response which leads to me making guesses instead of waiting).

nand-controller.yaml references nand-chip.yaml which references mtd.yaml 
which defines the "label" and "partitions" property.

I thought marvell,nand-controller.yaml could just say `$ref: 
nand-controller.yaml` and it would mean I'd get all the definitions down 
the chain but this doesn't seem to work the way I expect (or more likely 
I'm not doing it right). I thought it might have something to do with 
the different patternProperties pattern but even when I make that match 
what is used in nand-controller.yaml it doesn't seem to pick up those 
properties.
>>      - Add/restore nand-on-flash-bbt and nand-ecc-mode which aren't covered
>>        by nand-controller.yaml.
>>      - Use "unevalautedProperties: false"
>>      - Corrections for clock-names, dma-names, nand-rb and nand-ecc-strength
>>      - Add pxa3xx-nand-controller example
>>      
>>      Changes in v6:
>>      - remove properties covered by nand-controller.yaml
>>      - add example using armada-8k compatible
>>      
>>      earlier changes:
>>      
>>      v5:
>>         1) Get back "label" and "partitions" properties but without
>>            ref to the "partition.yaml" which was wrongly used.
>>      
>>         2) Add "additionalProperties: false" for nand@ because all possible
>>            properties are described.
>>      
>>      v4:
>>         1) Remove "label" and "partitions" properties
>>      
>>         2) Use 2 clocks for A7K/8K platform which is a requirement
>>      
>>      v3:
>>        1) Remove txt version from the MAINTAINERS list
>>      
>>        2) Use enum for some of compatible strings
>>      
>>        3) Drop:
>>              #address-cells
>>              #size-cells:
>>      
>>           as they are inherited from the nand-controller.yaml
>>      
>>        4) Add restriction to use 2 clocks for A8K SoC
>>      
>>        5) Dropped description for clock-names and extend it with
>>           minItems: 1
>>      
>>        6) Drop description for "dmas"
>>      
>>        7) Use "unevalautedProperties: false"
>>      
>>        8) Drop quites from yaml refs.
>>      
>>        9) Use 4-space indentation for the example section
>>      
>>      v2:
>>        1) Fixed warning by yamllint with incorrect indentation for compatible list
>>
>>   .../bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml | 223 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt  | 126 ----------
>>   MAINTAINERS                                   |   1 -
>>   3 files changed, 223 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
>>   delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..433feb430555
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
>> @@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>> +%YAML 1.2
>> +---
>> +$id: http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=20988&d=18P45NWaR4V6pXt_kuivNCiVAXCm3C7MEF-_8xrP2A&u=http%3a%2f%2fdevicetree%2eorg%2fschemas%2fmtd%2fmarvell%2cnand-controller%2eyaml%23
>> +$schema: http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=20988&d=18P45NWaR4V6pXt_kuivNCiVAXCm3C7MEFvq8B-ZjQ&u=http%3a%2f%2fdevicetree%2eorg%2fmeta-schemas%2fcore%2eyaml%23
>> +
>> +title: Marvell NAND Flash Controller (NFC)
>> +
>> +maintainers:
>> +  - Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
>> +
>> +properties:
>> +  compatible:
>> +    oneOf:
>> +      - items:
>> +          - const: marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller
>> +          - const: marvell,armada370-nand-controller
>> +      - enum:
>> +          - marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller
>> +          - marvell,armada370-nand-controller
>> +          - marvell,pxa3xx-nand-controller
>> +      - description: legacy bindings
>> +        deprecated: true
>> +        enum:
>> +          - marvell,armada-8k-nand
>> +          - marvell,armada370-nand
>> +          - marvell,pxa3xx-nand
>> +
>> +  reg:
>> +    maxItems: 1
>> +
>> +  interrupts:
>> +    maxItems: 1
>> +
>> +  clocks:
>> +    description:
>> +      Shall reference the NAND controller clocks, the second one is
>> +      is only needed for the Armada 7K/8K SoCs
>> +    minItems: 1
>> +    maxItems: 2
>> +
>> +  clock-names:
>> +    minItems: 1
>> +    items:
>> +      - const: core
>> +      - const: reg
>> +
>> +  dmas:
>> +    maxItems: 1
>> +
>> +  dma-names:
>> +    items:
>> +      - const: data
>> +
>> +  marvell,system-controller:
>> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
>> +    description: Syscon node that handles NAND controller related registers
>> +
>> +patternProperties:
>> +  "^nand@[0-3]$":
>> +    type: object
>> +    unevaluatedProperties: false
>> +    properties:
>> +      reg:
>> +        minimum: 0
>> +        maximum: 3
>> +
>> +      nand-rb:
>> +        minItems: 1
> Drop minItems.
>
>> +        maxItems: 1
> Didn't you have here minimum and maximum? I think I did not ask to
> remove them.

I did but I couldn't figure out how to do minimum and maximum with an 
array would the following be correct (note removing both minItems and 
maxItems as dtb_check complains if I have maxItems and items).

        nand-rb:
         items:
           - minimum: 0
             maximum: 1

>
>> +
>> +      nand-ecc-step-size:
>> +        const: 512
>> +
>> +      nand-ecc-strength:
>> +        enum: [1, 4, 8, 12, 16]
>> +
>> +      nand-on-flash-bbt:
>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>> +
>> +      nand-ecc-mode:
>> +        const: hw
>> +
>> +      label:
>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
> Drop label
>
>> +
>> +      partitions:
>> +        type: object
> Drop partitions.

This is the part I can't get to work. It should pick it up via 
nand-controller.yaml but nothing I do seems to work.

>> +
>> +      marvell,nand-keep-config:
>> +        description: |
>> +          Orders the driver not to take the timings from the core and
>> +          leaving them completely untouched. Bootloader timings will then
>> +          be used.
>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>> +
>> +      marvell,nand-enable-arbiter:
>> +        description: |
>> +          To enable the arbiter, all boards blindly used it,
>> +          this bit was set by the bootloader for many boards and even if
>> +          it is marked reserved in several datasheets, it might be needed to set
>> +          it (otherwise it is harmless).
>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>> +        deprecated: true
>> +
>> +    additionalProperties: false
> unevaluatedProperties: false
It was hiding by '"^nand@[0-3]$":'. Should I move it here?
>
>> +
>> +    required:
>> +      - reg
>> +      - nand-rb
>> +
> required: block goes here
Will move
>
>> +allOf:
>> +  - $ref: nand-controller.yaml
>> +
>> +  - if:
>> +      properties:
>> +        compatible:
>> +          contains:
>> +            const: marvell,pxa3xx-nand-controller
>> +    then:
>> +      required:
>> +        - dmas
>> +        - dma-names
>> +
>> +  - if:
>> +      properties:
>> +        compatible:
>> +          contains:
>> +            const: marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller
>> +    then:
>> +      properties:
>> +        clocks:
>> +          minItems: 2
>> +
>> +        clock-names:
>> +          minItems: 2
>> +
>> +      required:
>> +        - marvell,system-controller
>> +
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>
Krzysztof Kozlowski June 4, 2023, 9:26 a.m. UTC | #4
On 02/06/2023 01:06, Chris Packham wrote:
> Hi Krzystof,
> 
> On 1/06/23 19:05, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 01/06/2023 01:49, Chris Packham wrote:
>>> From: Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@plvision.eu>
>>>
>>> Switch the DT binding to a YAML schema to enable the DT validation.
>>>
>>> The text binding didn't mention it as a requirement but existing usage
>>> has
>>>
>>>     compatible = "marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller",
>>>                  "marvell,armada370-nand-controller";
>>>
>>> so the YAML allows this in addition to the individual compatible values.
>>>
>>> There was also an incorrect reference to dma-names being "rxtx" where
>>> the driver and existing device trees actually use dma-names = "data" so
>>> this is corrected in the conversion.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@plvision.eu>
>>> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Notes:
>>>      Changes in v8:
>>>      - Mark deprecated compatible values as such
>>>      - Allow "marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller" without
>>>        "marvell,armada370-nand-controller"
>>>      - Make dma-names usage reflect reality
>>>      - Update commit message
>>>      
>>>      Changes in v7:
>>>      - Restore "label" and "partitions" properties (should be picked up via
>>>        nand-controller.yaml but aren't)
>> What do you mean by "aren't"? They are not needed.
> 
> (sorry I keep responding to snippets rather than putting all the replies 
> in one place. For posterity here's the same response I provided in a 
> separate message).
> 
> I mean I simply cannot make it work and I'm out of ideas (I'm also in an 
> awkward timezone so it takes 24hrs for me to ask a question and get a 
> response which leads to me making guesses instead of waiting).
> 
> nand-controller.yaml references nand-chip.yaml which references mtd.yaml 
> which defines the "label" and "partitions" property.
> 
> I thought marvell,nand-controller.yaml could just say `$ref: 
> nand-controller.yaml` and it would mean I'd get all the definitions down 
> the chain but this doesn't seem to work the way I expect (or more likely 
> I'm not doing it right). I thought it might have something to do with 
> the different patternProperties pattern but even when I make that match 
> what is used in nand-controller.yaml it doesn't seem to pick up those 
> properties.

Then you are doing something different than all other bindings.

>>>      - Add/restore nand-on-flash-bbt and nand-ecc-mode which aren't covered
>>>        by nand-controller.yaml.
>>>      - Use "unevalautedProperties: false"
>>>      - Corrections for clock-names, dma-names, nand-rb and nand-ecc-strength
>>>      - Add pxa3xx-nand-controller example
>>>      
>>>      Changes in v6:
>>>      - remove properties covered by nand-controller.yaml
>>>      - add example using armada-8k compatible
>>>      
>>>      earlier changes:
>>>      
>>>      v5:
>>>         1) Get back "label" and "partitions" properties but without
>>>            ref to the "partition.yaml" which was wrongly used.
>>>      
>>>         2) Add "additionalProperties: false" for nand@ because all possible
>>>            properties are described.
>>>      
>>>      v4:
>>>         1) Remove "label" and "partitions" properties
>>>      
>>>         2) Use 2 clocks for A7K/8K platform which is a requirement
>>>      
>>>      v3:
>>>        1) Remove txt version from the MAINTAINERS list
>>>      
>>>        2) Use enum for some of compatible strings
>>>      
>>>        3) Drop:
>>>              #address-cells
>>>              #size-cells:
>>>      
>>>           as they are inherited from the nand-controller.yaml
>>>      
>>>        4) Add restriction to use 2 clocks for A8K SoC
>>>      
>>>        5) Dropped description for clock-names and extend it with
>>>           minItems: 1
>>>      
>>>        6) Drop description for "dmas"
>>>      
>>>        7) Use "unevalautedProperties: false"
>>>      
>>>        8) Drop quites from yaml refs.
>>>      
>>>        9) Use 4-space indentation for the example section
>>>      
>>>      v2:
>>>        1) Fixed warning by yamllint with incorrect indentation for compatible list
>>>
>>>   .../bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml | 223 ++++++++++++++++++
>>>   .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt  | 126 ----------
>>>   MAINTAINERS                                   |   1 -
>>>   3 files changed, 223 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-)
>>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
>>>   delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell-nand.txt
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000000..433feb430555
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/marvell,nand-controller.yaml
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
>>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>>> +%YAML 1.2
>>> +---
>>> +$id: http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=20988&d=18P45NWaR4V6pXt_kuivNCiVAXCm3C7MEF-_8xrP2A&u=http%3a%2f%2fdevicetree%2eorg%2fschemas%2fmtd%2fmarvell%2cnand-controller%2eyaml%23
>>> +$schema: http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=20988&d=18P45NWaR4V6pXt_kuivNCiVAXCm3C7MEFvq8B-ZjQ&u=http%3a%2f%2fdevicetree%2eorg%2fmeta-schemas%2fcore%2eyaml%23
>>> +
>>> +title: Marvell NAND Flash Controller (NFC)
>>> +
>>> +maintainers:
>>> +  - Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
>>> +
>>> +properties:
>>> +  compatible:
>>> +    oneOf:
>>> +      - items:
>>> +          - const: marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller
>>> +          - const: marvell,armada370-nand-controller
>>> +      - enum:
>>> +          - marvell,armada-8k-nand-controller
>>> +          - marvell,armada370-nand-controller
>>> +          - marvell,pxa3xx-nand-controller
>>> +      - description: legacy bindings
>>> +        deprecated: true
>>> +        enum:
>>> +          - marvell,armada-8k-nand
>>> +          - marvell,armada370-nand
>>> +          - marvell,pxa3xx-nand
>>> +
>>> +  reg:
>>> +    maxItems: 1
>>> +
>>> +  interrupts:
>>> +    maxItems: 1
>>> +
>>> +  clocks:
>>> +    description:
>>> +      Shall reference the NAND controller clocks, the second one is
>>> +      is only needed for the Armada 7K/8K SoCs
>>> +    minItems: 1
>>> +    maxItems: 2
>>> +
>>> +  clock-names:
>>> +    minItems: 1
>>> +    items:
>>> +      - const: core
>>> +      - const: reg
>>> +
>>> +  dmas:
>>> +    maxItems: 1
>>> +
>>> +  dma-names:
>>> +    items:
>>> +      - const: data
>>> +
>>> +  marvell,system-controller:
>>> +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/phandle
>>> +    description: Syscon node that handles NAND controller related registers
>>> +
>>> +patternProperties:
>>> +  "^nand@[0-3]$":
>>> +    type: object
>>> +    unevaluatedProperties: false
>>> +    properties:
>>> +      reg:
>>> +        minimum: 0
>>> +        maximum: 3
>>> +
>>> +      nand-rb:
>>> +        minItems: 1
>> Drop minItems.
>>
>>> +        maxItems: 1
>> Didn't you have here minimum and maximum? I think I did not ask to
>> remove them.
> 
> I did but I couldn't figure out how to do minimum and maximum with an 
> array would the following be correct (note removing both minItems and 
> maxItems as dtb_check complains if I have maxItems and items).

items:
  minimum: n
  maximum: n
  maxItems: n

or

items:
 - minimum: n
   maximum: n

See for example Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/l2c2x0.yaml


> 
>         nand-rb:
>          items:
>            - minimum: 0
>              maximum: 1
> 
>>
>>> +
>>> +      nand-ecc-step-size:
>>> +        const: 512
>>> +
>>> +      nand-ecc-strength:
>>> +        enum: [1, 4, 8, 12, 16]
>>> +
>>> +      nand-on-flash-bbt:
>>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>>> +
>>> +      nand-ecc-mode:
>>> +        const: hw
>>> +
>>> +      label:
>>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
>> Drop label
>>
>>> +
>>> +      partitions:
>>> +        type: object
>> Drop partitions.
> 
> This is the part I can't get to work. It should pick it up via 
> nand-controller.yaml but nothing I do seems to work.
> 
>>> +
>>> +      marvell,nand-keep-config:
>>> +        description: |
>>> +          Orders the driver not to take the timings from the core and
>>> +          leaving them completely untouched. Bootloader timings will then
>>> +          be used.
>>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>>> +
>>> +      marvell,nand-enable-arbiter:
>>> +        description: |
>>> +          To enable the arbiter, all boards blindly used it,
>>> +          this bit was set by the bootloader for many boards and even if
>>> +          it is marked reserved in several datasheets, it might be needed to set
>>> +          it (otherwise it is harmless).
>>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>>> +        deprecated: true
>>> +
>>> +    additionalProperties: false
>> unevaluatedProperties: false
> It was hiding by '"^nand@[0-3]$":'. Should I move it here?

You cannot have both additionalProps and unevaluatedProps at the same
time, so we do not talk about same thing or this was never working?

Best regards,
Krzysztof
Andrew Lunn June 5, 2023, 9:26 p.m. UTC | #5
> > Then you are doing something different than all other bindings.
> 
> Not intentionally. I should probably check that the existing bindings 
> actually work as expected.

This binding supports marvell,pxa3xx-nand. That is really really
old. So it could well be it works in the kernel, but the YAML does not
fully implement what the kernel actually supports. Best practices
could of pushed modern day DT to a subset, and YAML only supports that
subset of reality. And once you get outside of this subset, you run
into trouble.

I don't actually know this is the case, but you should keep it in
mind.

     Andrew
Miquel Raynal June 6, 2023, 10:28 a.m. UTC | #6
Hi Krzysztof,

krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org wrote on Tue, 6 Jun 2023 10:44:34 +0200:

> On 06/06/2023 09:48, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> >>>>>>> +          it (otherwise it is harmless).
> >>>>>>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> >>>>>>> +        deprecated: true
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> +    additionalProperties: false    
> >>>>>> unevaluatedProperties: false    
> >>>>> It was hiding by '"^nand@[0-3]$":'. Should I move it here?    
> >>>> You cannot have both additionalProps and unevaluatedProps at the same
> >>>> time, so we do not talk about same thing or this was never working?    
> >>>
> >>> Hmm, I'm a little confused then. At various times I've been told to 
> >>> put 'additionalProperties: false' or 'unevaluatedProperties: false' 
> >>> (although never at the same time). I'm not sure when to use one or the 
> >>> other.
> >>>
> >>> From what I've been able to glean 'additionalProperties: true' 
> >>> indicates that the node is expected to have child nodes defined in a 
> >>> different schema so I would have thought 'additionalProperties: false' 
> >>> would be appropriate for a schema covering a leaf node. 
> >>> 'unevaluatedProperties: false' seems to enable stricter checking which 
> >>> makes sense when all the properties are described in the schema.    
> >>
> >> So I think this might be the problem. If I look at qcom,nandc.yaml or 
> >> ingenic,nand.yaml which both have a partitions property in their 
> >> example. Neither have 'unevaluatedProperties: false' on the nand@... 
> >> subnode. If I add it sure enough I start getting complaints about the 
> >> 'partitions' node being unexpected.  
> > 
> > Sorry if that was unclear, I think the whole logic around the yaml
> > files is to progressively constrain the descriptions, schema after
> > schema. IOW, in the marvell binding you should set
> > unevaluatedProperties: false for the NAND controller. What is inside
> > (NAND chips, partition container, partition parsers, "mtd" properties,
> > etc) will be handled by other files. Of course you can constrain a bit
> > what can/cannot be used inside these subnodes, but I think you don't
> > need to set unevaluatedProperties in these subnodes (the NAND chip in
> > this case, or even the partitions) because you already reference
> > nand-controller.yaml which references nand-chip.yaml, mtd.yaml,
> > partitions.yaml, etc. *they* will make the generic checks and hopefully
> > apply stricter checks, when deemed relevant.  
> 
> No, neither nand-controller.yaml nor nand-chip.yaml limit the properties
> in this context, so each device schema must have unevaluatedProperties:
> false, for which I asked few emails ago.

The controller description shall be guarded by unevaluatedProperties:
false, we agree. Do you mean the nand chip description in each nand
controller binding should also include it at its own level? Because
that is not what we enforced so far IIRC. I am totally fine doing so
starting from now on if this is a new requirement (which makes sense).

If yes, then it means we would need to list *all* the nand
chip properties in each schema, which clearly involves a lot of
duplication as you would need to define all types of partitions,
partition parsers, generic properties, etc in order for the examples to
pass all the checks. Only the properties like pinctrl-* would not need
to be listed I guess.

As Chris was having issues comparing his work with the ingenic and qcom
yaml files, I gave your input a try and hopefully "fixed" these
bindings. I'll Cc Chris on the submission so that he has an example of
working -but maybe not fully valid, let's see- binding to take as
example.

Thanks,
Miquèl
Krzysztof Kozlowski June 6, 2023, 10:37 a.m. UTC | #7
On 06/06/2023 12:28, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org wrote on Tue, 6 Jun 2023 10:44:34 +0200:
> 
>> On 06/06/2023 09:48, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>>>>>>>>> +          it (otherwise it is harmless).
>>>>>>>>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>>>>>>>>> +        deprecated: true
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +    additionalProperties: false    
>>>>>>>> unevaluatedProperties: false    
>>>>>>> It was hiding by '"^nand@[0-3]$":'. Should I move it here?    
>>>>>> You cannot have both additionalProps and unevaluatedProps at the same
>>>>>> time, so we do not talk about same thing or this was never working?    
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmm, I'm a little confused then. At various times I've been told to 
>>>>> put 'additionalProperties: false' or 'unevaluatedProperties: false' 
>>>>> (although never at the same time). I'm not sure when to use one or the 
>>>>> other.
>>>>>
>>>>> From what I've been able to glean 'additionalProperties: true' 
>>>>> indicates that the node is expected to have child nodes defined in a 
>>>>> different schema so I would have thought 'additionalProperties: false' 
>>>>> would be appropriate for a schema covering a leaf node. 
>>>>> 'unevaluatedProperties: false' seems to enable stricter checking which 
>>>>> makes sense when all the properties are described in the schema.    
>>>>
>>>> So I think this might be the problem. If I look at qcom,nandc.yaml or 
>>>> ingenic,nand.yaml which both have a partitions property in their 
>>>> example. Neither have 'unevaluatedProperties: false' on the nand@... 
>>>> subnode. If I add it sure enough I start getting complaints about the 
>>>> 'partitions' node being unexpected.  
>>>
>>> Sorry if that was unclear, I think the whole logic around the yaml
>>> files is to progressively constrain the descriptions, schema after
>>> schema. IOW, in the marvell binding you should set
>>> unevaluatedProperties: false for the NAND controller. What is inside
>>> (NAND chips, partition container, partition parsers, "mtd" properties,
>>> etc) will be handled by other files. Of course you can constrain a bit
>>> what can/cannot be used inside these subnodes, but I think you don't
>>> need to set unevaluatedProperties in these subnodes (the NAND chip in
>>> this case, or even the partitions) because you already reference
>>> nand-controller.yaml which references nand-chip.yaml, mtd.yaml,
>>> partitions.yaml, etc. *they* will make the generic checks and hopefully
>>> apply stricter checks, when deemed relevant.  
>>
>> No, neither nand-controller.yaml nor nand-chip.yaml limit the properties
>> in this context, so each device schema must have unevaluatedProperties:
>> false, for which I asked few emails ago.
> 
> The controller description shall be guarded by unevaluatedProperties:
> false, we agree. Do you mean the nand chip description in each nand
> controller binding should also include it at its own level? Because
> that is not what we enforced so far IIRC. I am totally fine doing so
> starting from now on if this is a new requirement (which makes sense).
> 
> If yes, then it means we would need to list *all* the nand
> chip properties in each schema, which clearly involves a lot of
> duplication as you would need to define all types of partitions,
> partition parsers, generic properties, etc in order for the examples to
> pass all the checks. Only the properties like pinctrl-* would not need
> to be listed I guess.

Yes, this is what should be done. Each node should have either
additional or unevaluatedProperties: false. It might come from
referenced schema or from final (device) schema), but it looks here it
is missing. It's exactly the same in all bindings. You will find plenty
of examples, e.g. individual leds children and common.yaml.


> 
> As Chris was having issues comparing his work with the ingenic and qcom
> yaml files, I gave your input a try and hopefully "fixed" these
> bindings.

Both are wrong in this matter. You can easily test it. Patch like:

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ingenic,nand.yaml
b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ingenic,nand.yaml
index a7bdb5d3675c..968c42f6b5a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ingenic,nand.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ingenic,nand.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ examples:
                 nand-ecc-mode = "hw";
                 nand-on-flash-bbt;

+                fake-stuff;
+
                 pinctrl-names = "default";
                 pinctrl-0 = <&pins_nemc_cs1>;

should trigger warning as this is clearly fake-stuff. No warning though...

Best regards,
Krzysztof
Krzysztof Kozlowski June 6, 2023, 11:11 a.m. UTC | #8
On 06/06/2023 13:07, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> miquel.raynal@bootlin.com wrote on Tue, 6 Jun 2023 12:57:24 +0200:
> 
>> Hi Krzysztof,
>>
>> krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org wrote on Tue, 6 Jun 2023 12:40:45 +0200:
>>
>>> On 06/06/2023 12:37, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> On 06/06/2023 12:28, Miquel Raynal wrote:  
>>>>> Hi Krzysztof,
>>>>>
>>>>> krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org wrote on Tue, 6 Jun 2023 10:44:34 +0200:
>>>>>  
>>>>>> On 06/06/2023 09:48, Miquel Raynal wrote:  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> +          it (otherwise it is harmless).
>>>>>>>>>>>>> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
>>>>>>>>>>>>> +        deprecated: true
>>>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>>>> +    additionalProperties: false      
>>>>>>>>>>>> unevaluatedProperties: false      
>>>>>>>>>>> It was hiding by '"^nand@[0-3]$":'. Should I move it here?      
>>>>>>>>>> You cannot have both additionalProps and unevaluatedProps at the same
>>>>>>>>>> time, so we do not talk about same thing or this was never working?      
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hmm, I'm a little confused then. At various times I've been told to 
>>>>>>>>> put 'additionalProperties: false' or 'unevaluatedProperties: false' 
>>>>>>>>> (although never at the same time). I'm not sure when to use one or the 
>>>>>>>>> other.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> From what I've been able to glean 'additionalProperties: true' 
>>>>>>>>> indicates that the node is expected to have child nodes defined in a 
>>>>>>>>> different schema so I would have thought 'additionalProperties: false' 
>>>>>>>>> would be appropriate for a schema covering a leaf node. 
>>>>>>>>> 'unevaluatedProperties: false' seems to enable stricter checking which 
>>>>>>>>> makes sense when all the properties are described in the schema.      
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So I think this might be the problem. If I look at qcom,nandc.yaml or 
>>>>>>>> ingenic,nand.yaml which both have a partitions property in their 
>>>>>>>> example. Neither have 'unevaluatedProperties: false' on the nand@... 
>>>>>>>> subnode. If I add it sure enough I start getting complaints about the 
>>>>>>>> 'partitions' node being unexpected.    
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry if that was unclear, I think the whole logic around the yaml
>>>>>>> files is to progressively constrain the descriptions, schema after
>>>>>>> schema. IOW, in the marvell binding you should set
>>>>>>> unevaluatedProperties: false for the NAND controller. What is inside
>>>>>>> (NAND chips, partition container, partition parsers, "mtd" properties,
>>>>>>> etc) will be handled by other files. Of course you can constrain a bit
>>>>>>> what can/cannot be used inside these subnodes, but I think you don't
>>>>>>> need to set unevaluatedProperties in these subnodes (the NAND chip in
>>>>>>> this case, or even the partitions) because you already reference
>>>>>>> nand-controller.yaml which references nand-chip.yaml, mtd.yaml,
>>>>>>> partitions.yaml, etc. *they* will make the generic checks and hopefully
>>>>>>> apply stricter checks, when deemed relevant.    
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, neither nand-controller.yaml nor nand-chip.yaml limit the properties
>>>>>> in this context, so each device schema must have unevaluatedProperties:
>>>>>> false, for which I asked few emails ago.  
>>>>>
>>>>> The controller description shall be guarded by unevaluatedProperties:
>>>>> false, we agree. Do you mean the nand chip description in each nand
>>>>> controller binding should also include it at its own level? Because
>>>>> that is not what we enforced so far IIRC. I am totally fine doing so
>>>>> starting from now on if this is a new requirement (which makes sense).
>>>>>
>>>>> If yes, then it means we would need to list *all* the nand
>>>>> chip properties in each schema, which clearly involves a lot of
>>>>> duplication as you would need to define all types of partitions,
>>>>> partition parsers, generic properties, etc in order for the examples to
>>>>> pass all the checks. Only the properties like pinctrl-* would not need
>>>>> to be listed I guess.  
>>>>
>>>> Yes, this is what should be done. Each node should have either  
>>>
>>> Eh, no, I responded in wrong part of message. My yes was for:
>>>
>>> " Do you mean the nand chip description in each nand
>>> controller binding should also include it at its own level?"
>>
>> Clear.
>>
>>>
>>> Now for actual paragraph:
>>>
>>> "If yes, then it means we would need to list *all* the nand chip
>>> properties in each schema,"
>>>
>>> No, why? I don't understand. Use the same pattern as all other bindings,
>>> this is not special. Absolutely all have the same behavior, e.g.
>>> mentioned leds. You finish with unevaluatedProps and you're done, which
>>> is what I wrote here long, long time ago.
>>
>> Maybe because so far we did not bother referencing another schema in
>> the NAND chip nodes? For your hint to work I guess we should have, in
>> each controller binding, something along:
>>
>>  patternProperties:
>>    "^nand@[a-f0-9]$":
>>      type: object
>> +    $ref: nand-chip.yaml#
>>      properties:
>>
>> If yes, please ignore the series sent aside, I will work on it again
>> and send a v2.
> 
> Actually I already see a problem, let's the ingenic,nand.yaml example.
> The goal, IIUC, is to do:
> 
>  patternProperties:
>    "^nand@[a-f0-9]$":
>      type: object
> +    $ref: nand-chip.yaml
>      properties:
> 
>        ...
> 
> +    unevaluatedProperties: false
> 
> The example in this file uses a property, nand-on-flash-bbt, which is
> described inside nand-controller.yaml instead of nand-chip.yaml.
> Indeed, the former actually describes many properties which are a bit
> more controller related than chip related. With the above description,
> the example fails because nand-on-flash-bbt is not allowed (it is not
> listed in nand-chip.yaml).
> 
> How would you proceed in this case?
> 
> Maybe I could move all the NAND chip properties which are somehow
> related to NAND controllers (and defined in nand-controller.yaml) in a
> dedicated file and reference it from nand-chip.yaml? Any other idea is
> welcome.

Yes, this would work and seems reasonable. Other way could be to add
unevaluatedProperties:false on this level (so after ref:nand-chip.yaml)
in nand-controller.yaml. This however would not allow any new properties
to be defined in device bindings.

Best regards,
Krzysztof