Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: spi: add bindings for spi-virtio

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 06:41:55PM +0200, Francesco Valla wrote:
> Add bindings for spi-virtio based on virtio-device, reflecting what
> already exists for gpio-virtio and i2c-virtio. A node using the bindings

Existing code is not a reason to add more code. Existing bugs are not a
reason to add more bugs. Please provide proper rationale why this suits
DT.

> is not used to instantiate the device, which is registered by the
> transport (e.g.: virtio-mmio), but to define its properties and
> establish dependencies with other nodes.
> 
> Add the new bindings inside the MAINTAINERS file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francesco Valla <francesco@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-virtio.yaml        | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  MAINTAINERS                                        |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-virtio.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-virtio.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..5b8639dd2e1f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-virtio.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/spi/spi-virtio.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: Virtio SPI controller device
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Francesco Valla <francesco@xxxxxxxx>
> +
> +allOf:
> +  - $ref: /schemas/spi/spi-controller.yaml#
> +  - $ref: /schemas/virtio/virtio-device.yaml#
> +
> +description:
> +  Virtio SPI controller device, see /schemas/virtio/virtio-device.yaml for
> +  more details.
> +
> +properties:
> +  $nodename:
> +    const: spi
> +
> +  compatible:
> +    const: virtio,device2d

>From where does the compatible come from?

Best regards,
Krzysztof