From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC0BBF41996 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:58:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail11.truemail.it (mail11.truemail.it [217.194.8.81]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.17191.1776254306958157528 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:58:27 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@dolcini.it header.s=default header.b=H0qAnZvC; spf=pass (domain: dolcini.it, ip: 217.194.8.81, mailfrom: francesco@dolcini.it) Received: from francesco-nb (93-49-2-63.ip317.fastwebnet.it [93.49.2.63]) by mail11.truemail.it (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2ABFD1FFA6; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:58:24 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dolcini.it; s=default; t=1776254304; bh=6dT4fNZhcUDjvEiVPha2qvGNMYHT4d7zmE2xPKg1lpU=; h=From:To:Subject; b=H0qAnZvCAkdxB4N1w4XPJ2nIOEuKph5MCNkul8Xiv0ElCwcz02ijJvSkzO2/J43vV f1eMP1pK0CfWqdYLPUd3ytzV6HnP2IaNc+FmwFsxs+aH6jD8g3Mp8ZJoMPiAVgstHF /WKxrRmVF3t7HgImaPK41tX+LkLw0T035kYO3JcKZpw+ppxL/oEa+3dAYZkG/vQFG2 iF2LXxzBW4mgUJQDTf/W5imjT96cPuAaaWPEO0sXh9CSEA6Lkkxa0OrWgptc4r0lc+ 14vOaEnyuUzfYaJV6V7myd/nX+/YlEmMMltyZxJmpDIO5bs8zrVcgsp6pyqZlzIyf2 00TUwyW45ghJQ== Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:58:20 +0200 From: Francesco Dolcini To: Ryan Eatmon , Andrew Davis Cc: meta-ti@lists.yoctoproject.org, Franz Schnyder , Francesco Dolcini , Franz Schnyder Subject: Re: [meta-ti][master][PATCH v1] conf: machine: j784s4: Move ti-eth-fw-j784s4 to EVM conf Message-ID: <20260415115820.GA26023@francesco-nb> References: <20260415114107.1643556-1-fra.schnyder@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260415114107.1643556-1-fra.schnyder@gmail.com> List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:58:32 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/meta-ti/message/19845 +Andrew Hello Ryan, On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 01:41:04PM +0200, Franz Schnyder wrote: > From: Franz Schnyder > > 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 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