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From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/6] dt-bindings: nvmem: layouts: add U-Boot
 environment variables layout
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On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 06:34:16PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
> 
> U-Boot env data is a way of storing firmware variables. It's a format
> that can be used of top of various storage devices. Its binding should
> be an NVMEM layout instead of a standalone device.
> 
> This patch adds layout binding which allows using it on top of MTD NVMEM
> device as well as any other. At the same time it deprecates the old
> combined binding.

I don't understand the issue. From a DT perspective, there isn't. A 
partition is not a device, but is describing the layout of storage 
already.

Rob