Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] accel/qda: Qualcomm DSP Accelerator driver

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 19/08/2026 15:26, Ekansh Gupta wrote:
> On 19-08-2026 00:43, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 17/08/2026 06:47, Ekansh Gupta wrote:
>>> This patch series introduces the Qualcomm DSP Accelerator (QDA) driver,
>>> a DRM-based accelerator driver for Qualcomm DSPs. The driver provides a
>>> standardized interface for offloading computational tasks to DSPs found
>>> on Qualcomm SoCs, supporting all DSP domains.
>>>
>>> The QDA driver implements the FastRPC protocol over the DRM accel
>>> subsystem. It uses the same device-tree node structure as the existing
>>> fastrpc driver in drivers/misc/. The approach for binding the QDA driver
>>> to device-tree nodes while coexisting with the fastrpc driver is an open
>>> item described below.
>>
>> No. Grow/replace/improve existing driver instead of coming with a duplicate.
>>
>> That's a standard upstream requirement, basically given on every
>> upstreaming guide.
>>
>> Please watch old talk from Greg - "I Don’t Want Your Code!".
> Posted discussion threads here[1]. Would seek comments from Dmitry,
> Srini as well.
> 
> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/3476b5c3-7983-4994-a901-3d7d8bd75255@oss.qualcomm.com/

The rest of the comments is still valid even if you did not acknowledge
them.

Anyway, regarding above - again, watch the talk from Greg.

You have ONE driver. Not two.

Best regards,
Krzysztof