Re: [PATCH 04/10] dt-bindings: media: nxp,imx8mq-vpu: Support split G1 and G2 nodes with vpu-blk-ctrl

[Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@vanguardiasur.com.ar>]

> >
> > I'm in favor of dropping the old binding from the schema. New DTs
> > should clearly use the new binding and old DTs shouldn't change
> > anymore, so validation is less useful there.
>
> I wonder if it makes sense to have a more standardized hantro schema
> for all the users instead of one dedicated to each platform using a
> hantro driver.  The unified schema could have all the various
> compatible flags so the driver still knows which features are
> enabled/disabled and it's very clear who all the users are for it. I
> would think it could cover both the encoder and decoder variants as
> well.  We do something similar for 8250 serial ports.
>
> If so, can someone from the media group suggest the best one to
> follow?  Ezequiel suggested I look at the sama5d4-vdec to help reduce
> some clutter in the driver.  If that binding is good enough, should I
> just add the compatible flags to that and potentially rename it.
>

A unified schema might sound elegant and compelling, but I suspect
it can bite us down the road, due to differences in the platform integration.

Seems we are all on-board going forward with a patch similar to this one,
but also dropping the deprecated binding from the schema (while of course
still supporting old DTBs on new kernels).

Rob's suggestion about having a warning in the platform if the binding has
not been updated, sounds like very useful too.

Keep in mind v5.16-rc5 is near, which means we still have a few weeks to
discuss this patch, until the next linux-media merge season.

Thanks,
Ezequiel