dt-bindings: mtd: partitions: Drop partitions.yaml
authorRob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:56:39 +0000 (13:56 -0600)
committerMiquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:08:08 +0000 (15:08 +0100)
The partitions.yaml schema is an unusual structure in that it includes
all possible partition types, and it disables the normal matching by
compatible strings. As partitions.yaml has nothing to match on, it is
only applied when explicitly referenced. The use of "oneOf" also results
in misleading warnings which are difficult to understand. Drop
partitions.yaml and rely on the standard compatible matching instead.

The "mmc-card" case previously allowed any partition type, but now only
allows "fixed-partitions". There aren't any users and the original
intent appeared to be only for "fixed-partitions".

Acked-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org> # For MMC
Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mmc-card.yaml
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/arm,arm-firmware-suite.yaml
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/brcm,bcm4908-partitions.yaml
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/brcm,bcm947xx-cfe-partitions.yaml
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/linksys,ns-partitions.yaml
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml [deleted file]
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ti,davinci-nand.yaml

index 1d91d42..a61d6c9 100644 (file)
@@ -32,21 +32,13 @@ properties:
 
 patternProperties:
   "^partitions(-boot[12]|-gp[14])?$":
-    $ref: /schemas/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml
+    type: object
+    additionalProperties: true
 
-    patternProperties:
-      "^partition@[0-9a-f]+$":
-        $ref: /schemas/mtd/partitions/partition.yaml
-
-        properties:
-          reg:
-            description: Must be multiple of 512 as it's converted
-              internally from bytes to SECTOR_SIZE (512 bytes)
-
-        required:
-          - reg
-
-        unevaluatedProperties: false
+    properties:
+      compatible:
+        contains:
+          const: fixed-partitions
 
 required:
   - compatible
index bbb5621..e56dba8 100644 (file)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ properties:
     deprecated: true
 
   partitions:
-    $ref: /schemas/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml
+    type: object
 
     required:
       - compatible
index 9761884..76c8802 100644 (file)
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ title: ARM Firmware Suite (AFS) Partitions
 maintainers:
   - Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
 
-select: false
-
 description: |
   The ARM Firmware Suite is a flash partitioning system found on the
   ARM reference designs: Integrator AP, Integrator CP, Versatile AB,
index 94f0742..159b32d 100644 (file)
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ description: |
 maintainers:
   - Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
 
-select: false
-
 properties:
   compatible:
     const: brcm,bcm4908-partitions
index c5fa78f..02ecb51 100644 (file)
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ description: |
 maintainers:
   - Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
 
-select: false
-
 properties:
   compatible:
     const: linksys,ns-partitions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index 7619950..0000000
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause
-%YAML 1.2
----
-$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml#
-$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
-
-title: Partitions
-
-description: |
-  This binding is generic and describes the content of the partitions container
-  node. All partition parsers must be referenced here.
-
-maintainers:
-  - Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
-
-oneOf:
-  - $ref: arm,arm-firmware-suite.yaml
-  - $ref: brcm,bcm4908-partitions.yaml
-  - $ref: brcm,bcm947xx-cfe-partitions.yaml
-  - $ref: fixed-partitions.yaml
-  - $ref: linksys,ns-partitions.yaml
-  - $ref: qcom,smem-part.yaml
-  - $ref: redboot-fis.yaml
-  - $ref: tplink,safeloader-partitions.yaml
-
-properties:
-  compatible: true
-
-patternProperties:
-  "^partition(-.+|@[0-9a-f]+)$":
-    $ref: partition.yaml
-
-required:
-  - compatible
-
-unevaluatedProperties: false
index ed24b0e..7619b19 100644 (file)
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ properties:
       - description: AEMIF control registers.
 
   partitions:
-    $ref: /schemas/mtd/partitions/partitions.yaml
+    type: object
+    required:
+      - compatible
 
   ti,davinci-chipselect:
     description: