Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: mmc: imx: fix the wrongly dropped imx8qm compatible string

[Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>]

On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 16:25, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 03:21:59PM +0000, Aisheng Dong wrote:
> > > From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 9:17 PM
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 08:53:02PM +0800, Dong Aisheng wrote:
> > > > The compatible string "fsl,imx8qm-usdhc" was wrongly dropped in patch:
> > > > 80fd350b9590 ("dt-bindings: mmc: fsl-imx-esdhc: Fix i.MX 8 compatible
> > > > matching") Add it back.
> > >
> > > Although the compatible was dropped, by why wrongly? Please describe it.
> > > The compatible is nowhere to be found, it is not used.
> >
> > The DT patch using it is still under review. So we need it.

Where? Is there a corresponding update to the mmc driver?

>
> It looks like other patches here follow similar process of sending
> and applying dt-bindings separately from patches with users of these
> bindings. Please don't do it like this. Send the bindings as the first
> patch in the series implementing the users (so usually the series with
> driver and DTS changes). The new bindings then are applied by the
> driver subsystem maintainer.

Yep, I fully agree, that's the preferred approach.

Perhaps it's simply better if the series is reposted to linux-mmc
(including the DT doc).

Kind regards
Uffe