On 20/03/2023 19:17, Herve Codina wrote: > Hi Krzysztof > > On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:57:11 +0100 > Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 16/03/2023 13:27, Herve Codina wrote: >>> The Lantiq PEF2256, also known as Infineon PEF2256 or FALC256, is a >>> framer and line interface component designed to fulfill all required >>> interfacing between an analog E1/T1/J1 line and the digital PCM system >>> highway/H.100 bus. >>> >>> The codec support allows to use some of the PCM system highway >>> time-slots as audio channels to transport audio data over the E1/T1/J1 >>> lines. >>> >> >> Your other file should also have specific compatible, unless this codec >> is actually part of the framer. Did not look like this in the binding - >> not $ref. > > No sure to understand what you mean. Compatible "lantiq,pef2256" in the context of this file is confusing. Two devices without parent-child having similar but different compatibles, of which one is generic (covers entire device) and one is function (codec) specific. > > Anyway, I plan to use a MFD device for pef2256 and reference this yaml > from the lantiq,pef2256.yaml in the node related to the codec. It should be part of these series. Submit complete bindings. > > One question related to bindings and related checks: > Is there a way to check the compatible property of the parent node. > I mean, here is the binding of a child node of a MFD node. > From this binding, I would like to be sure that the parent is really a > pef2256 MFD node. You cannot and you shouldn't. Parent checks children, not vice-versa. > > May be something like: > parent-properties: > allOf: > compatible: > contains: > const: lantiq,pef2256 > > The idea is to have dtbs_check raise an error if the parent's compatible > property is not 'lantiq,pef2256'. But it does not matter. Why your device cannot be used in lantiq,foobar-9999? Best regards, Krzysztof