linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: bcmbca: update bcm4808 board dts file

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Message-ID: <478e4189-f026-b4f8-b525-948cc7d7fd5a@broadcom.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:59:50 -0700
From:   William Zhang <william.zhang@...adcom.com>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Linux ARM List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
Cc:     kursad.oney@...adcom.com, anand.gore@...adcom.com,
        dan.beygelman@...adcom.com,
        Broadcom Kernel List <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        joel.peshkin@...adcom.com,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: bcmbca: update bcm4808 board dts file



On 7/12/22 11:20, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 12/07/2022 19:48, William Zhang wrote:
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Krzysztof
>>
>> The reason for this patch is to keep the bcmbca board dts in the same
>> format and keep everything in the same yaml file.
> 
> Not a good reason to change compatibles. You can have the same format
> and keep everything in same YAML file without replacing compatibles.
> 
Well the existing 4908 compatible string is not the same format as we 
are proposing here: "board variant", "chip variant", "brcm, bcmbca"

>> Understand 4908 was
>> already upstream but luckily there is no driver in linux and u-boot that
>> uses these 4908 compatible strings. They are only used in the board dts
>> as far as I can see.  So it does not really break anything in the end,
>> unless someone use them in any driver but never upstream their code...
> 
> So maybe just briefly mention it in the commit msg?
> 
I can do that for sure.

> Best regards,
> Krzysztof

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