From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Chris Paterson <Chris.Paterson2@renesas.com>
Cc: "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@kernel.org>,
"magnus.damm" <magnus.damm@gmail.com>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
"linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org"
<linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org>,
"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm/arm64: dts: renesas: Drop unused .dtsi
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:09:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUkCJ6=gchr28XYoKMLZytnGnPUdq7WPRTfMUtfLm4ROg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OSZPR01MB81234597C5AA9B5C17264990B7ACA@OSZPR01MB8123.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>
Hi Chris,
On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 at 08:04, Chris Paterson
<Chris.Paterson2@renesas.com> wrote:
> > From: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
> > These .dtsi files are not included anywhere in the tree and can't be
> > tested.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
> > delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r9a07g044c1.dtsi
> > delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r9a07g044l1.dtsi
> > delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r9a07g054l1.dtsi
> > delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r9a09g047e37.dtsi
>
> The lot of the above are for SoCs that exist and there could well be users using them who haven't upstreamed a dts.
> I'd convert them to overlays but they all make use of /delete-node/ which as far as I understand isn't supported in overlays.
Converting to overlays is not suitable here, as these do represent base
SoC functionality, not an add-on.
Besides, overlays also have the "must have at least one user" rule.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-15 9:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-12 20:32 [PATCH] arm/arm64: dts: renesas: Drop unused .dtsi Rob Herring (Arm)
2025-12-13 6:20 ` Laurent Pinchart
2025-12-13 7:12 ` Niklas Söderlund
2025-12-15 8:13 ` Jacopo Mondi
2025-12-15 9:02 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2025-12-15 13:19 ` Rob Herring
2025-12-14 7:03 ` Chris Paterson
2025-12-15 9:09 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
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