Re: [PATCH v2 04/19] dt-bindings: arm: move AT91 to generic Microchip binding

Alexandre Belloni
2025-12-16T17:27:05Z

On 16/12/2025 17:56:20+0100, Robert Marko wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM Alexandre Belloni
> <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 15/12/2025 17:35:21+0100, Robert Marko wrote:
> > > Create a new binding file named microchip.yaml, to which all Microchip
> > > based devices will be moved to.
> > >
> > > Start by moving AT91, next will be SparX-5.
> >
> > Both lines of SoCs are designed by different business units and are
> > wildly different and while both business units are currently owned by
> > the same company, there are no guarantees this will stay this way so I
> > would simply avoid merging both.
>
> Hi Alexandre,
>
> The merge was requested by Conor instead of adding a new binding for LAN969x [1]
>
> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/patch/20251203122313.1287950-2-robert.marko@sartura.hr/
>

I would still keep them separate, SparX-5 is closer to what is
devicetree/bindings/mips/mscc.txt than to any atmel descended SoCs.

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