Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] riscv: dts: starfive: Add StarFive JH7110 VisionFive 2 board device tree

Conor Dooley
2023-02-16T09:53:12Z

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On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 10:27:17AM +0100, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 at 15:04, Hal Feng <hal.feng@starfivetech.com> wrote:
> > On 2/14/2023 5:53 PM, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
> > > On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 at 02:12, Hal Feng <hal.feng@starfivetech.com> wrote:

> > >> + model = "StarFive VisionFive 2 VB";
> > >> + compatible = "starfive,visionfive-2-vb", "starfive,jh7110";
> > >
> > > Hi Hal,
> > >
> > > I just want to double check, is "VisionFive 2 VA" / "visoinfive-2-va"
> > > and "VisionFive 2 VB" / "visionfive-2-vb" really what you want? I
> > > still think having these names match what is printed on the silkscreen
> > > makes it a lot easier for everybody. Even your own releases calls the
> > > boards "v1.2A" and "v1.3B":
> > > https://github.com/starfive-tech/VisionFive2/releases/
> > >
> > > So I'd suggest
> > > model = "StarFive VisionFive 2 v1.3B";
> > > compatible = "starfive,visionfive-2-v1.3b", "starfive,jh7110";
> > >
> > > I haven't seen these "VA" and "VB" anywhere else, so if you don't want
> > > the version numbers and can promise that there will be no incompatible
> > > future revisions of the boards then maybe just drop the "V". Eg.
> > > model = "StarFive VisionFive 2 B";
> > > compatible = "starfive,visionfive-2-b", "starfive,jh7110";
> >
> > The version A board has reached the end of life. As far as I know, the
> > version B board will not update also unless there are some important
> > requirements and StarFive decides to update. Furthermore, it's too late
> > to change the compatible as patch 1 was already accepted. Will it be
> > easier to read if I modify it as below?
> >
> > model = "StarFive VisionFive 2 vB";
> > compatible = "starfive,visionfive-2-vb", "starfive,jh7110";
>
> Oh, that's sad that the kernel will now end up calling the boards
> something that's used nowhere else, even by StarFive :/
> But yeah, I guess vA and vB are a little easier to read.

Nothing has been released with that name so AFAIU we can change it
still. If you sort it out today/tomorrow I'll try get it to Arnd before
the merge window opens...

I might've jumped the gun a bit here, I thought that it'd been changed
to what you (Emil) had suggested.

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