Re: [PATCH 00/20] arm64: dts: qcom: Introduce Kaanapali platform device tree

Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-12-03T18:42:06Z

On 03/12/2025 19:40, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 03/12/2025 19:10, Pavel Machek wrote:
>> On Wed 2025-12-03 18:31:11, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 02/12/2025 19:21, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>>> Introduce the Device Tree for the recently announced Snapdragon SoC from Qualcomm:
>>>>> https://www.qualcomm.com/products/mobile/snapdragon/smartphones/snapdragon-8-series-mobile-platforms/snapdragon-8-elite-gen-5
>>>>>
>>>>> Bindings and base Device Tree for the Kaanapali SoC, MTP (Mobile Test Platform)
>>>>> and QRD (Qualcommm Reference Device) are splited in three:
>>>>>
>>>>> - 1-3: MTP board boot-to-shell with basic function.
>>>>> - 4-16: More feature including PCIE, sdcard, usb, DSPs, PMIC related, tsense, bus, crypto etc. Add QRD board support.
>>>>> - 17-20: Multimedia features including audio, video and camss.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for doing this. I assume there devices available with this are
>>>> quite expensive/hard to get at this point?
>>>>
>>>> Please cc phone-devel@vger.kernel.org with phone related patches.
>>>
>>> That's not even a phone, anyway contributors should not cc lists which
>>> are not relevant to the posting and not pointed out by maintainers. You
>>
>> People should Cc relevant lists, and yes, if it is called "Mobile Test
>> Platform", it is relevant to phone development.

... and btw, I know what MTP and QRD is and MTP IS NOT A PHONE. I work
on this, I upstream this and it is not a phone, regardless how you call
it. Just because we call our evalkit like that, does not make it a phone.

>
>
> Almost everything in ARM64 is then relevant for "phone development".
> People should use tools, not invent or try to guess whom to Cc. It's
> impossible to btw keep guessing them - you will request phone-devel,
> someone else will request desktop-devel, laptop-devel or
> new-hardware-devel or whatever. No. People should use tools, not guess
> the cc lists. Fix the tools if you miss any Cc.
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof

Best regards,
Krzysztof