Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: ipq9574: Enable eMMC variant

Varadarajan Narayanan
2026-01-16T06:18:00Z

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> > > > +/*
> > > > + * IPQ9574 RDP433 eMMC board variant device tree source
> > > > + *
> > > > + * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
> > > > + */
> > > > +
> > > > +/dts-v1/;
> > > > +
> > > > +#include "ipq9574-rdp433.dts"
> > >
> > > I find it discouraged practice. Although if Bjorn is fine with it, you
> > > still need proper compatibles.
> > >
> >
> > Nah, I don't fancy including .dts files. But I do see that I've let a
> > few of those slip by over the years.
> >
> > The general approach for these cases has been to rename dts->dtsi and
> > create the two dts files.
>
> That sounds better to me.
>
> >
> > I wonder though if this would be better served by an overlay, as it's
> > the same board, but with modifications applied?
>
> I am not sure how overlay is a better fit here. AFAIK, the DT overlay is
> generally used for plug and play hardware mezzanines. But here we are
> dealing with the default boot medium which can either be eMMC or NAND.
> Can a developer easily reverse the board modifications to boot from a
> different medium?
>
> And this DT is not only going to be consumed by the kernel but rather
> the bootloader (U-Boot) in this case where there isn't a concept of DT
> overlays which the prior stage can apply.

Bjorn/Dmitry/Sumit,

Will proceed with separate dts approach. Please let me know if that is
not ok.

Thanks
Varada