Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] dt-bindings: media: i2c: et8ek8: document missing crc as optional property

From: Alex Tran

Date: Thu Dec 18 2025 - 18:50:18 EST


On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 11:58:33PM -0800, Alex Tran wrote:
> > Convert the et8ek8 sensor device tree binding from TXT to YAML format.
>
> Commit subject is completely wrong. You are not documenting missing
> properties.
>
> > Add the optional crc property to the endpoint node for the et8ek8 sensor.
>
> Why?
>
> > This property enables CRC checksums for the sensor bus and was added to
> > match the new driver support for reading it from the device tree.
>
> This does not explain me why.
>
> I asked you first to convert the bindings, not add new properties. If
> you add new properties, you must provide justification why binding has
> to be changed - see other commits how to do this. Also please read
> submitting patches how to split your work into logical chunks.
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>
Thanks for the review. I'll send in a separate patch series first,
focusing solely on the conversion of the bindings without any new
properties.

--
Yours,
Alex Tran