Re: [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: arm: altera: fix Agilex72 compatible vendor prefix

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 04:18:59PM +0800, Chiam, Evon wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12/8/2026 10:49 am, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 05:25:01PM +0800, evon.chiam@altera.com wrote:
> > > From: "Chiam, Evon" <evon.chiam@altera.com>
> > > 
> > > Altera has separated from Intel. Update the Agilex72 SoC and board
> > > compatible strings to use the Altera vendor prefix instead of intel.
> > 
> > Sorry, without better reasoning, you are stuck with them as sashiko
> > pointed out.
> > 
> Sashiko’s comment on the DTS still using the intel compatible strings was
> based on reviewing patch 1/5 alone. Patch 4/5 moves the Agilex72 DT from
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/intel/ to arch/arm64/boot/dts/altera/ and updates the
> compatible strings to altr. With both patches applied, the bindings and DTS
> remain consistent.
> 
> Would you prefer that I combine the patches 1/5 and 4/5 into a single patch
> so the binding and DTS updates land together?

Moving the dts directory is fine (though that is really up to SoC 
maintainers). Changing compatible strings is not. It is not about the 
patch split. It is an ABI. There are exceptions though. Generally that 
is if there is no one with the h/w or the current .dts is so incomplete 
that anyone using the h/w will need to update their DTB anyways.

Rob