linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: broadcom: bcm4906-netgear-r8000p: Drop unnecessary "ranges" in partition node

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Message-ID: <2472bd6e-9afb-402f-9bfb-3c364fd38da1@broadcom.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 18:18:53 -0800
From: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
To: "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley
 <conor+dt@...nel.org>, William Zhang <william.zhang@...adcom.com>,
 Anand Gore <anand.gore@...adcom.com>, Kursad Oney
 <kursad.oney@...adcom.com>, Rafał Miłecki
 <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
 Broadcom internal kernel review list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>
Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: broadcom: bcm4906-netgear-r8000p: Drop
 unnecessary "ranges" in partition node



On 1/8/2026 3:15 PM, Rob Herring (Arm) wrote:
> "ranges" is only valid for MMIO addresses as it is used for translating
> addresses to CPU address. Even if a partial translation was supported,
> the DT is incorrect here as the nvmem-layout node would also need
> "ranges". So drop "ranges" and the associated cell size properties.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@...nel.org>

Applied to 
https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux/commits/devicetree-arm64/next, thanks!
-- 
Florian