Re: [PATCH] docs: dt: writing-schema: Describe validating one DTB

From: Rob Herring
Date: Fri Jan 24 2025 - 17:39:37 EST


On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 03:50:09PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Running DT schema validation with `dtbs_check` is time consuming thus we
> also have ability to check only one DTB target like:
>
> make -j8 DT_SCHEMA_FILES=gpio CHECK_DTBS=y qcom/sm8450-hdk.dtb

It's kind of duplicated because "make help" has:

make CHECK_DTBS=1 [targets] Check all generated dtb files against schema
This can be applied both to "dtbs" and to individual "foo.dtb" targets

>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-schema.rst | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-schema.rst b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-schema.rst
> index eb8ced400c7e..6dea741c5962 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-schema.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-schema.rst
> @@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ separated by ':'.
> make dt_binding_check DT_SCHEMA_FILES=/gpio/
> make dtbs_check DT_SCHEMA_FILES=trivial-devices.yaml
>
> +Validation of one DT source by providing Makefile target::
> +
> + make CHECK_DTBS=y target.dtb
> + make DT_SCHEMA_FILES=xxx.yaml CHECK_DTBS=y target.dtb

Perhaps dir/target.dtb

Though that may prompt folks to do:

make arch/$ARCH/boot/dts/target.dtb

You need just the sub-dirs under arch/*/boot/dts/ as part of the target.

>
> json-schema Resources
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> 2.43.0
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