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Clark" , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Marcel Holtmann , Luiz Augusto von Dentz , Bartosz Golaszewski , Andy Shevchenko , Bartosz Golaszewski , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, "platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org" , linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 6/9] dt-bindings: connector: m2: Add M.2 1620 LGA soldered down connector Message-ID: References: <20260322233713.GA98177-robh@kernel.org> <6aef3xxjjd4nbgrfx6jc6jt6rpqmttoui6hil5zqgdpas2j6gj@ie6j72orenou> <3faffec9-dc9d-4eec-a652-a84d30d85c96@app.fastmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 05:36:08PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 01:23:07PM -0400, Mark Pearson wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026, at 12:52 PM, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 06:45:15PM +0200, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote: > > >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 09:26:04PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote: > > >> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 05:14:30PM +0200, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote: > > >> > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 07:14:25PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote: > > >> > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 08:39:55AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > > >> > > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 7:16 AM Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote: > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 06:37:13PM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > > >> > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 09:59:56AM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote: > > >> > > > > > > > Lenovo Thinkpad T14s is found to have a soldered down version of M.2 1620 > > >> > > > > > > > LGA connector. Though, there is no 1620 LGA form factor defined in the M.2 > > >> > > > > > > > spec, it looks very similar to the M.2 Key E connector. So add the > > >> > > > > > > > "pcie-m2-1620-lga-connector" compatible with "pcie-m2-e-connector" fallback > > >> > > > > > > > to reuse the Key E binding. > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > What is LGA? > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Land Grid Array > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > If not in the spec, is it really something generic? > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Good question. Yes and No! LGA is not something that Lenovo only uses. Other > > >> > > > > > vendors may also use this form factor. PCIe connectors are full of innovation as > > >> > > > > > the spec gives room for hardware designers to be as innovative as possible to > > >> > > > > > save the BOM cost. > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > innovation == incompatible changes > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Yes, I was trying to sound nice :) > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > This is why I do not want to make it Lenovo specific. But if you prefer that, I > > >> > > > > > can name it as "lenovo,pcie-m2-1620-lga-connector". > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > Depends if you think that s/w needs to know the differences. Hard to > > >> > > > > say with a sample size of 1. > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Sure. Will add the 'lenovo' prefix then. > > >> > > > > >> > > Is it really Lenovo? Or is it some other module vendor, whose LGAs are > > >> > > being used by Lenovo? > > >> > > > > >> > > I remember that DB820c also used some kind of a module for the WiFi card > > >> > > (which might be M.2 compatible or might not, I can't find exact docs at > > >> > > this point). > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > I don't know. These kind of designs might be reused by several vendors. But > > >> > considering that we should not make it generic, I'd go with Lenovo as that's > > >> > the only vendor we know as of now. > > >> > > >> ... and later we learn that other vendors use the same idea /pinout, > > >> then nothing stops us from still telling that it's a > > >> "lenovo,pcie-m2-something-lga". > > >> > > > > > > How do you possibly know whether a single vendor has introduced this form factor > > > or reused by multiple ones? Atleast, I don't have access to such a source to > > > confirm. > > > > > I've not really been following this thread/patchset in detail; but want me to try and check with the T14s platform team if this device is specifically made for us (Lenovo) or not? > > I doubt it is - we just don't do that usually, but I can go and ask the question if it will help resolve this (with the caveat that it could hold up the review for a bit and I may not be able to get a straight answer) > > > > I can drop this specific patch in the meantime. > > > My vote (for what little it's worth) would be to make it non-Lenovo specific. Then when the same part causes issues on another vendors platform I won't get asked questions about why Lenovo is breaking :) > > > > Even if Lenovo prefix is used, it won't break other vendors. Just that we will > end up adding more compatibles. > > Anyhow, I'll wait for your reply and drop this patch for next revision. > If you need a vendor prefix, I think "qcom," would be more appropriate than Lenovo. This form factor is used by most vendors for recent soldered Qualcomm-based wireless cards, not just Lenovo: - Dell XPS 13 9345 has exactly the same soldered M.2 card, I assume there are several other vendors as well. - https://www.sparklan.com/product/wnsq-290be/ is a third-party (Qualcomm-based) M.2 LGA 1620 card, in the block diagram the pinout is called "QM.2 1620 LGA 168pin". - If you press F9 while booting the ThinkPad T14s, you should get to a screen with "Regulatory Information". For the T14s, this screen says "Contains FCC ID: J9C-QCNCM825". This is the WiFi/BT module in the soldered form factor. If you look that up on the FCC website, the applicant for this module is "Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.". This seems to be some kind of "modular certification" that vendors can reuse/adapt without going through the whole process again. Perhaps you should ask around inside Qualcomm? :-) Thanks, Stephan