On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 12:41 AM Josua Mayer <josua@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Boolean type properties are usually considered true if present and false > when they do not exist. This works well for many in-tree board dts and > existing drivers. > > When users need to overrride boolean values from included dts, > /delete-property/ is recommend. This however does not work in overlays > (addons). As soon as someone needs to delete a non-boolean property, we're back to the same problem. If you want to fix it, you need to fix it for any property. > Geert pointed out [1] that there are several invitations for using > strings "true" and "false" on boolean properties: [1], [2], [3]. There's always bad examples... > Add support for a string value "false" to be considered false on boolean > properties by changing of_property_read_bool implementation. Any existing s/w will treat 'foo = "false"' as true. It's an ABI. Rob
