linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] WIP: arm64: dts: meson: drop broadcom compatible from reference board SDIO nodes

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Message-ID: <027767d4-89e7-4665-b840-294a84a89869@linaro.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 17:11:57 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Christian Hewitt <christianshewitt@...il.com>,
 Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>,
 Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>, Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
 Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] WIP: arm64: dts: meson: drop broadcom compatible from
 reference board SDIO nodes

On 24/11/2024 09:34, Christian Hewitt wrote:
> Drop the Broadcom compatible and use a generic sdio identifier with the Amlogic

1. Heh, what? Why? This is not really explained and does not look
sensible at all.
2. What is "generioc sdio identifier"?

> reference boards. This allows a wider range of Android STB devices with QCA9377
> and RTL8189ES/FS chips to have working WiFi when booting from the reference dtb

Please wrap commit message according to Linux coding style / submission
process (neither too early nor over the limit):
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.4-rc1/source/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#L597


> files. There is no observed impact on Broadcom devices.

So how does it allow wider range of devices to have working wifi?


Best regards,
Krzysztof