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1c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
2c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# Copyright 2018 Linaro Ltd.
3c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot%YAML 1.2
4c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot---
5c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# All the top-level keys are standard json-schema keywords except for
6c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# 'maintainers' and 'select'
7c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
8c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# $id is a unique identifier based on the filename. There may or may not be a
9c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# file present at the URL.
10c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/example-schema.yaml#
11c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# $schema is the meta-schema this schema should be validated with.
12c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
13c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
14c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadottitle: An example schema annotated with jsonschema details
15c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
16c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadotmaintainers:
17c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  - Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
18c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
19c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadotdescription: |
20c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  A more detailed multi-line description of the binding.
21c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
22c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  Details about the hardware device and any links to datasheets can go here.
23c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
24c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  Literal blocks are marked with the '|' at the beginning. The end is marked by
25c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  indentation less than the first line of the literal block. Lines also cannot
26c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  begin with a tab character.
27c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
28c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadotselect: false
29c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # 'select' is a schema applied to a DT node to determine if this binding
30c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # schema should be applied to the node. It is optional and by default the
31c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # possible compatible strings are extracted and used to match.
32c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
33c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # In this case, a 'false' schema will never match.
34c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
35c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadotproperties:
36c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # A dictionary of DT properties for this binding schema
37c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  compatible:
38c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # More complicated schema can use oneOf (XOR), anyOf (OR), or allOf (AND)
39c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # to handle different conditions.
40c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # In this case, it's needed to handle a variable number of values as there
41c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # isn't another way to express a constraint of the last string value.
42c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # The boolean schema must be a list of schemas.
43c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    oneOf:
44c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - items:
45c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          # items is a list of possible values for the property. The number of
46c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          # values is determined by the number of elements in the list.
47c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          # Order in lists is significant, order in dicts is not
48c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          # Must be one of the 1st enums followed by the 2nd enum
49c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          #
50c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          # Each element in items should be 'enum' or 'const'
51c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          - enum:
52c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot              - vendor,soc4-ip
53c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot              - vendor,soc3-ip
54c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot              - vendor,soc2-ip
55c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          - enum:
56c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot              - vendor,soc1-ip
57c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot        # additionalItems being false is implied
58c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot        # minItems/maxItems equal to 2 is implied
59c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - items:
60c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          # 'const' is just a special case of an enum with a single possible value
61c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          - const: vendor,soc1-ip
62c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
63c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  reg:
64c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # The core schema already checks that reg values are numbers, so device
65c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # specific schema don't need to do those checks.
66c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # The description of each element defines the order and implicitly defines
67c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # the number of reg entries.
68c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    items:
69c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - description: core registers
70c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - description: aux registers
71c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # minItems/maxItems equal to 2 is implied
72c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
73c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  reg-names:
74c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # The core schema enforces this (*-names) is a string array
75c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    items:
76c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - const: core
77c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - const: aux
78c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
79c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  clocks:
80c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # Cases that have only a single entry just need to express that with maxItems
81c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    maxItems: 1
82c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    description: bus clock. A description is only needed for a single item if
83c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      there's something unique to add.
84*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot      The items should have a fixed order, so pattern matching names are
85*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot      discouraged.
86c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
87c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  clock-names:
88c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    items:
89c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - const: bus
90c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
91c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  interrupts:
92c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # Either 1 or 2 interrupts can be present
93c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    minItems: 1
94c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    maxItems: 2
95c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    items:
96c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - description: tx or combined interrupt
97c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - description: rx interrupt
98c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    description:
99c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      A variable number of interrupts warrants a description of what conditions
100c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      affect the number of interrupts. Otherwise, descriptions on standard
101c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      properties are not necessary.
102*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot      The items should have a fixed order, so pattern matching names are
103*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot      discouraged.
104c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
105c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  interrupt-names:
106c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # minItems must be specified here because the default would be 2
107c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    minItems: 1
108c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    maxItems: 2
109c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    items:
110c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - const: tx irq
111c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - const: rx irq
112c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
113c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # Property names starting with '#' must be quoted
114c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  '#interrupt-cells':
115c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # A simple case where the value must always be '2'.
116c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # The core schema handles that this must be a single integer.
117c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    const: 2
118c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
119c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  interrupt-controller: true
120c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # The core checks this is a boolean, so just have to list it here to be
121c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # valid for this binding.
122c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
123c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  clock-frequency:
124c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # The type is set in the core schema. Per device schema only need to set
125c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # constraints on the possible values.
126c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    minimum: 100
127c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    maximum: 400000
128c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    # The value that should be used if the property is not present
129c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    default: 200
130c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
131c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  foo-gpios:
132c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    maxItems: 1
133c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    description: A connection of the 'foo' gpio line.
134c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
135c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # *-supply is always a single phandle, so nothing more to define.
136c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  foo-supply: true
137c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
138c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # Vendor specific properties
139c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  #
140c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # Vendor specific properties have slightly different schema requirements than
141c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # common properties. They must have at least a type definition and
142c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # 'description'.
143c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  vendor,int-property:
144c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    description: Vendor specific properties must have a description
145c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
146c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    enum: [2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
147c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
148c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  vendor,bool-property:
149c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    description: Vendor specific properties must have a description. Boolean
150c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      properties are one case where the json-schema 'type' keyword can be used
151c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      directly.
152c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    type: boolean
153c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
154c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  vendor,string-array-property:
155c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    description: Vendor specific properties should reference a type in the
156c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      core schema.
157c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string-array
158c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    items:
159c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - enum: [foo, bar]
160c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - enum: [baz, boo]
161c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
162c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  vendor,property-in-standard-units-microvolt:
163c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    description: Vendor specific properties having a standard unit suffix
164c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      don't need a type.
165c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    enum: [ 100, 200, 300 ]
166c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
167c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  child-node:
168c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    description: Child nodes are just another property from a json-schema
169c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      perspective.
170c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    type: object  # DT nodes are json objects
171c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    properties:
172c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      vendor,a-child-node-property:
173c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot        description: Child node properties have all the same schema
174c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          requirements.
175c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot        type: boolean
176c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
177c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    required:
178c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      - vendor,a-child-node-property
179c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
180c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# Describe the relationship between different properties
181c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadotdependencies:
182c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # 'vendor,bool-property' is only allowed when 'vendor,string-array-property'
183c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # is present
184c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  vendor,bool-property: [ 'vendor,string-array-property' ]
185c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # Expressing 2 properties in both orders means all of the set of properties
186c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # must be present or none of them.
187c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  vendor,string-array-property: [ 'vendor,bool-property' ]
188c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
189c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadotrequired:
190c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  - compatible
191c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  - reg
192c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  - interrupts
193c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  - interrupt-controller
194c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
195c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# if/then schema can be used to handle conditions on a property affecting
196c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# another property. A typical case is a specific 'compatible' value changes the
197c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# constraints on other properties.
198c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot#
199c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# For multiple 'if' schema, group them under an 'allOf'.
200c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot#
201c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# If the conditionals become too unweldy, then it may be better to just split
202c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# the binding into separate schema documents.
203*6be33864SEmmanuel VadotallOf:
204*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot  - if:
205c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      properties:
206c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot        compatible:
207c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          contains:
208c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot            const: vendor,soc2-ip
209c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    then:
210c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot      required:
211c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot        - foo-supply
212*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot  # Altering schema depending on presence of properties is usually done by
213*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot  # dependencies (see above), however some adjustments might require if:
214*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot  - if:
215*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot      required:
216*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot        - vendor,bool-property
217*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot    then:
218*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot      properties:
219*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot        vendor,int-property:
220*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot          enum: [2, 4, 6]
221c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
222c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# Ideally, the schema should have this line otherwise any other properties
223c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# present are allowed. There's a few common properties such as 'status' and
224c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# 'pinctrl-*' which are added automatically by the tooling.
225c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot#
226c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# This can't be used in cases where another schema is referenced
227c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot# (i.e. allOf: [{$ref: ...}]).
228*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot# If and only if another schema is referenced and arbitrary children nodes can
229*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot# appear, "unevaluatedProperties: false" could be used.  A typical example is
230*6be33864SEmmanuel Vadot# an I2C controller where no name pattern matching for children can be added.
231c66ec88fSEmmanuel VadotadditionalProperties: false
232c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot
233c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadotexamples:
234c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # Examples are now compiled with dtc and validated against the schemas
235c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  #
236c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # Examples have a default #address-cells and #size-cells value of 1. This can
237c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # be overridden or an appropriate parent bus node should be shown (such as on
238c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # i2c buses).
239c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  #
240c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  # Any includes used have to be explicitly included.
241c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot  - |
242c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    node@1000 {
243c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          compatible = "vendor,soc4-ip", "vendor,soc1-ip";
244c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          reg = <0x1000 0x80>,
245c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot                <0x3000 0x80>;
246c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          reg-names = "core", "aux";
247c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          interrupts = <10>;
248c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot          interrupt-controller;
249c66ec88fSEmmanuel Vadot    };
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