netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] dt-bindings: net: ipq4019-mdio: Document ipq5332 platform

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Message-ID: <d24c6c64-0271-45c6-922e-3108f034fe58@quicinc.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2023 21:31:05 +0800
From: Jie Luo <quic_luoj@...cinc.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley
	<conor@...nel.org>, <agross@...nel.org>,
        <andersson@...nel.org>, <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
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        <pabeni@...hat.com>, <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
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        <robert.marko@...tura.hr>, <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <quic_srichara@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] dt-bindings: net: ipq4019-mdio: Document ipq5332
 platform



On 12/15/2023 9:39 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>> You keep answering with short sentences without touching the root of the
>>> problem. I don't know exactly why, but I feel this discussion leads
>>> nowhere. After long discussion you finally admitted that clocks came
>>> from another device - Wifi. It took us like 6 emails?
>>>
>>> So last statement: if you have clock provider and clock consumer, you
>>> must represent it in the bindings or provide rationale why it should not
>>> or must not be represented in the bindings. So far I do not see any of
>>> such arguments.
>>>
>>> If you use arguments like:
>>> "My driver....": sorry, bindings are not about drivers
>>> "I don't have clock driver for WiFi": sorry, it does not matter if you
>>> can write one, right?
>>>
>>> Please reach internally your colleagues to solve these problems and make
>>> review process smoother.
> 
> Yes, i strongly agree with this. Its not our job as maintainers to
> educate big companies like Qualcomm how to write Linux drivers. There
> are more experienced driver writer within Qualcomm, you need to make
> contact with them, and get them to help you. Or you need to outsource
> the driver development to one of the companies which write mainline
> Linux drivers.
> 
> 	Andrew

Understand this, sorry for some easy mistakes happens here.
i will sync with internal team before pushing the next patch set.

Thanks a lot.