On 09/02/2025 21:49, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >>>> >>>> These are not devicetree binding for communicating data from firmware to >>>> the kernel. These bindings are specific to KHO which is perfectly >>>> reflected by the subject. >>> >>> No, it is not. None of the bindings use above subject prefix. >>> >>>> >>>> Just a brief reminder from v2 discussion: >>>> (https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231222193607.15474-1-graf@xxxxxxxxxx/) >>>> >>>> "For quick reference: KHO is a new mechanism this patch set introduces >>>> which allows Linux to pass arbitrary memory and metadata between kernels >>>> on kexec. I'm reusing FDTs to implement the hand over protocol, as >>>> Linux-to-Linux boot communication holds very similar properties to >>>> firmware-to-Linux boot communication. So this binding is not about >>>> hardware; it's about preserving Linux subsystem state across kexec. >>> >>> does not matter. You added file to ABI documentation so you must follow >>> that ABI documentation rules. One rule is proper subject prefix. >> >> No, it does not. It's a different ABI. >> >> FDT is a _data structure_ that provides cross platform unified, versioned, >> introspectable data format. >> >> Documentation/devicetree/bindings standardizes it's use for describing >> hardware, but KHO uses FDT _data structure_ to describe state of the kernel >> components that will be reused by the kexec'ed kernel. >> >> KHO is a different namespace from Open Firmware Device Tree, with different >> requirements and different stakeholders. Putting descriptions of KHO data >> formats in Documentation/kho rather than in >> Documentation/devicetree/bindings was not done to evade review of Open >> Firmware Device Tree maintainers, but rather to emphasize that KHO FDT _is >> not_ Open Firmware Device Tree. > > > Ah, neat, that would almost solve the problem but you wrote: > > +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/memblock/reserve_mem.yaml# > +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# > > so no, this does not work like that. You use devicetree here namespace > and ignore its rules. ... and that obviously is barely parseable, so maybe one more try: "You use here devicetree namespace but ignore its rules." > > You cannot pretend this is not devicetree if you put it into devicetree > schemas. Best regards, Krzysztof