Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] arm64: dts: imx8mp-skov: support new 7inch panel board

[Frank Li <Frank.li@oss.nxp.com>]

On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 07:45:41AM +0200, Steffen Trumtrar wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 2026-07-06 at 21:09 +08, Peng Fan <peng.fan@oss.nxp.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jul 06, 2026 at 09:17:57AM +0200, Steffen Trumtrar wrote:
> > >This board is similar to the already upstream
> > >imx8mp-skov-revc-tian-g07017.dts but uses a different 7" panel with a
> > >different touch controller.
> > >
> > >Signed-off-by: Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>
> > >---
> > > arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/Makefile             |  1 +
> > > .../imx8mp-skov-revc-jutouch-jt070tm041.dts        | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > Sorry to jump in at v4.
> >
> > Compared with imx8mp-skov-revc-tian-g07017.dts, the differences are mainly
> > in panel and touch.
> >
> > Have ever considered using overlay?
> >
>
> no, I actually didn't. This way it is easier to decide in the bootloader
> which board I'm on. I could definitely do it, if this is the way to go, but
> would add some overhead on my side. I don't see that many overlays in
> arm/dts/nxp/imx.

There are much under arm64/dts/freecale, arm/dts/nxp/imx is old ARM7 platform.
Generally attached devices use overlay to descript it, especially have
differece devices, likes display panel, camera module.

Frank

>
>
> Best regards,
> Steffen
>
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