dt-bindings: nvmem: add U-Boot environment variables binding
authorRafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:12:50 +0000 (14:12 +0100)
committerRob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:10:00 +0000 (18:10 -0500)
commit5db1c2dbc04c161d9e6b3f93457452e2ee904bde
tree1e1fb92d12595435ba9a14d25e12ef1810b880eb
parent3d8fa7a22dcd54ccfdcea6ed0d9badbdb8594274
dt-bindings: nvmem: add U-Boot environment variables binding

U-Boot uses environment variables for storing device setup data. It
usually needs to be accessed by a bootloader, kernel and often
user-space.

This binding allows describing environment data located in a raw flash
partition. It's treated as NVMEM device and can be reused later for
other storage devices.

Using DT should be cleaner than hardcoding & duplicating such info in
multiple places. Bootloader & kernel can share DTS and user-space can
try reading it too or just have correct data exposed by a kernel.

A custom "compatible" string allows system to automatically load
relevant NVMEM driver but phandle can be also used for reading raw
location.

Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220228131250.16943-1-zajec5@gmail.com
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/u-boot,env.yaml [new file with mode: 0644]
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