From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
To: Fabio Estevam <festevam@denx.de>
Cc: robh+dt@kernel.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org,
conor+dt@kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: trivial-devices: Remove the OV5642 entry
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 22:28:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230801-selective-strife-b595804cdb27@spud> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f9ab7525f048f3ce814d89f106947c34@denx.de>
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On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 06:18:29PM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> On 01/08/2023 18:13, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 06:10:52PM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> > > On 01/08/2023 17:47, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > >
> > > > Removing it without re-adding it elsewhere does not seem right, since
> > > > there'll now be some undocumented compatibles in the tree, no?
> > >
> > > Currently, there is no ov5642 support in the kernel.
> >
> > It is present in devicetrees.
>
> Yes, and none of them have the ov5642 camera functional:
>
> arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx53-smd.dts
> arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qdl-sabrelite.dtsi
> arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qdl-sabresd.dtsi
>
> > > If someone adds the support for the ov5642 camera, then a specific
> > > binding
> > > will have to be created.
> > >
> > > I prefer to remove it from trivial-devices to avoid confusion.
> > >
> > > As is, it gives a false impression that ov5642 is supported and that
> > > it
> > > is a trivial device.
> >
> > The latter only do I agree with.
>
> Care to explain how ov5642 is supported by the current mainline kernel?
I never said it was chief. Please re-read the quoted text.
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-01 17:00 [PATCH] dt-bindings: trivial-devices: Remove the OV5642 entry Fabio Estevam
2023-08-01 20:47 ` Conor Dooley
2023-08-01 21:10 ` Fabio Estevam
2023-08-01 21:13 ` Conor Dooley
2023-08-01 21:18 ` Fabio Estevam
2023-08-01 21:28 ` Conor Dooley [this message]
2023-08-01 21:43 ` Fabio Estevam
2023-08-01 21:57 ` Conor Dooley
2023-08-20 8:14 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-08-20 13:45 ` Fabio Estevam
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