Re: [meta-ti][master][PATCH v1] conf: machine: j784s4: Move ti-eth-fw-j784s4 to EVM conf

[Francesco Dolcini <francesco@dolcini.it>]

+Andrew

Hello Ryan,

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 01:41:04PM +0200, Franz Schnyder wrote:
> From: Franz Schnyder <franz.schnyder@toradex.com>
> 
> The `ti-eth-fw-j784s4` firmware is added in the generic J784s4 SoC
> include, which is therefore used for all the J784s4-based machines.
> That firmware seems to be developed specifically for the EVM, as it
> takes control of pins used for the Ethernet board setup on the EVM. On
> non-EVM boards, like the Aquila-AM69, those signals are used for other
> functions, so enabling the firmware in the SoC include is too broad
> and breaks functionality.
> 
> Move the machine-essential recommend from the SoC include
> to the EVM configuration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Franz Schnyder <franz.schnyder@toradex.com>

This seems to be the 3rd time, in a relatively short time, in which
we are affected by your decision to put into the SoC file, configuration
that are not about the SOC

 1 - the initramfs topic [https://lore.kernel.org/yocto-meta-ti/78ec394aae8a141ceb87a6b67f109665e7c96122.camel@gmail.com/]
 2 - the console uart [https://lore.kernel.org/yocto-meta-ti/4e08fa3658b1e54add6d5476c7234e86dbcbb60c.camel@gmail.com/]
 3 - this firmware 


Can I ask TI once more to rethink this considering that meta-ti is used
by users of your SoC, but not of your EVK/SK ?

Thanks,
Francesco