Re: [PATCH v5 5/6] arm64: dts: qcom: Add support for QCS9075 Ride & Ride-r3

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 03/01/2025 20:58, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>>>>> Initially, we included the DTS [1] file to avoid duplication. However,
>>>>>> based on Krzysztof's previous suggestion [2], we change to this format.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please let us know how to proceed further on this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Krzysztof asked you to include DTSI files instead of including DTS
>>>>> files. Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>> Are you suggesting that we should also modify the 9100-ride files to
>>>> include DTSI instead of DTS for consistency between QCS9100 and QCS9075?
>>>> However, this would result in the duplication of Ethernet nodes in all
>>>> the ride board files. Would that be acceptable?
>>>
>>> git mv foo.dts foo.dtsi
>>> echo '#include "foo.dtsi"' > foo.dts
>>> git add foo.dts
>>> git commit
>>>
>>
>> We cannot convert sa8775p-ride-r3.dts and sa8775p-ride.dts to .dtsi as
>> they represent different platforms. In patch [1], we included these DTS
>> files to reuse the common hardware nodes.
>>
>> Could you please advise on how we should proceed with the following
>> approaches?
>>
>> a) Previous approach [1]:
>> Include sa8775p-ride-r3.dts and sa8775p-ride.dts in the qcs9075-ride
>> platform DTS, similar to the qcs9100-ride platform DTS. This approach
>> avoids duplicating Ethernet nodes and maintains uniformity. However, it
>> involves including the DTS file directly.
>>
>> b) Current suggestion:
>> Include sa8775p-ride.dtsi in the qcs9075-ride platform DTS and also
>> modify the qcs9100-ride platform DTS files to maintain uniformity. This
>> approach results in duplicating Ethernet nodes.
>>
>> Please let us know your recommendation to finalize the DT structure.
> 
> sa8775p.dtsi
> `__sa8775p-ride.dtsi
>    `__sa8775p-ride-r2.dtsi
>       `__sa8775p-ride.dts
>       `__qcs9100-ride.dts
>       `__qcs9075-ride.dts
>    `__sa8775p-ride-r3.dtsi
>       `__sa8775p-ride-r3.dts
>       `__qcs9100-ride-r3.dts
>       `__qcs9075-ride-r3.dts
> 
Wasim and all other copy-pasters of sa8775p-ride,

Just to recap, qcs9100 contributions started this terrible pattern of
board including a board. Unfortunately qcs9100 was merged, so that ship
has sailed.

This patchset was going the same way, because poor choices like to keep
spreading, but at one of previous versions I noticed it and objected.

This v5 however solves above problem by duplicating the nodes.

Apparently all these designs - sa8755p, qcs9100 and qcs9075 - use the
same board, but none of this was communicated. I checked all the commit
msgs in this patchset and nothing explained about it. What annoys me is
that you do not communicate your design forcing us to accept poor DTS or
forcing us to guess and make poor judgments.

Come with proper hardware description and split out shared parts, like
motherboard. Look how other vendors are doing it, e.g. NXP or Renesas.
But assuming there are shared parts because I am pretty sure you will
pick my comments when it suits you without actually following them fully
and without understanding and explaining to us your own hardware.

Best regards,
Krzysztof