From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
To: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Cc: Keguang Zhang <keguang.zhang@gmail.com>,
linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: mips: loongson: Add LS1B demo board
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:01:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85e13939-a3cd-b2db-7b7c-a6c09f2c253c@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230828150903.GA499616-robh@kernel.org>
On 28/08/2023 17:09, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 02:45:41PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 25/08/2023 14:41, Keguang Zhang wrote:
>>> Add compatible for LS1B demo board.
>>
>> Where is the user of this binding? We do not add bindings without users.
>
> Maybe board compatibles should be an exception? They are rarely/never
> used by the kernel so the only user will be a board dts. I'm not sure we
> care about having every board upstream.
If someone keeps DTS out of the kernel, then they could keep the binding
patch there as well.
Boards upstream are the same useful as some drivers - allow others to
play with it and investigate.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-28 17:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-25 12:41 [PATCH] dt-bindings: mips: loongson: Add LS1B demo board Keguang Zhang
2023-08-25 12:45 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2023-08-25 14:39 ` Keguang Zhang
2023-08-28 15:09 ` Rob Herring
2023-08-28 17:01 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
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