From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pandora.armlinux.org.uk (pandora.armlinux.org.uk [78.32.30.218]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8582A280335; Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=78.32.30.218 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769097798; cv=none; b=fXpqIamU9Yy9EUbzdNRnFuKzen0OIL+J4UVto/NcV05rwrRC2qvsZC09vuu2DNQRAPGoaCMgAy//56gpvWWPAiGiMKizC1SCphoP3bfMwKfe5FLnh7s70+W/uN2F5Kli/TM45Q66LkkXag57aWDMh/2l4uvkMw3bD6OzzVqSI0A= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769097798; c=relaxed/simple; bh=gBvQ60GKc7I9V/a3CO+WvejVjWR6BZA+gRiNMOaIiI8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Ykgn5Ivmwczf4UXFl+NRnH0NV7KVF2NZ/pZwWnAsjjtWyEnN4A0VsSrOqYchXqS8bqmcTUW0E7xtBdjokWszhDpiPzrmI44y9zW9+4i4FcPHsm1sVkEndjphqV8Hwo78ikO2Hus5hZHrZrwf+o71ud8/MfQ7NEqfwbV4A+DXkKo= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=armlinux.org.uk; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=armlinux.org.uk; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=armlinux.org.uk header.i=@armlinux.org.uk header.b=0XGPstaG; arc=none smtp.client-ip=78.32.30.218 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=armlinux.org.uk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=armlinux.org.uk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=armlinux.org.uk header.i=@armlinux.org.uk header.b="0XGPstaG" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=armlinux.org.uk; s=pandora-2019; h=Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=GKZNUPjuUcl3IiH9k6+6nqxg1HkcAU/xUmRgMsq4Sgk=; b=0XGPstaGKvgp6pakaMES7f0WAJ +9zfLPL944OOtUXCK1x7qXcdrXb+t3DXPH37LZqZEgHPihvNeS2zTOyp9jMkIIwGOeAwzkKjw31jn sqeFFSUdCVqvcNvGoRD1ua81TO7IinO/BH5Sd4Nz1gbOVY2vkRZ8Pp/0FpFUGzMkm54p9OdeMBtiY 5RSK1z4FO1Ac3suhOa/iGzR4/mcIaH1XDW/4lPQ2HKy6PxkGXmM6Atzd/X5qP55Kmu1wwlSfacZsG YonhOxnvDHzt0VGLVp07pXX6WVdj5ovCebu5eWRnqblzHAmyUlEj3Fu27s7YeD6pXcYkTeQRw71z8 ToTt42jw==; Received: from shell.armlinux.org.uk ([fd8f:7570:feb6:1:5054:ff:fe00:4ec]:51058) by pandora.armlinux.org.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vix9F-000000000dd-31Mk; Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:03:05 +0000 Received: from linux by shell.armlinux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vix9A-0000000017C-2p65; Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:03:00 +0000 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:03:00 +0000 From: "Russell King (Oracle)" To: =?utf-8?B?5p2O5b+X?= , Andrew Lunn Cc: Bo Gan , devicetree@vger.kernel.org, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, robh@kernel.org, krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com, alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ningyu@eswincomputing.com, linmin@eswincomputing.com, pinkesh.vaghela@einfochips.com, weishangjuan@eswincomputing.com Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] dt-bindings: ethernet: eswin: add clock sampling control Message-ID: References: <20260109080601.1262-1-lizhi2@eswincomputing.com> <20260109080859.1285-1-lizhi2@eswincomputing.com> <00b7b42f-2f9d-402a-82f0-21641ea894a1@lunn.ch> <0d54ddca-9270-40a5-aa82-d8a7b65027ff@gmail.com> <1a622916.2d28.19bb105feab.Coremail.lizhi2@eswincomputing.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: Russell King (Oracle) On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 02:27:34PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > We also intend > > to upstream complete DTS files for EIC7700 so the bindings can be validated > > against real hardware. > > I suggest you prioritise this. ARM-SOC is pretty flexible for > accepting work in progress support for new SoCs. All you really need > is for the board to boot to a login prompt on a serial port using an > initramsfs. So the .dtsi and .dts file can be very slim, CPUs, memory > and UARTs. > > Once you have that merged you can work on the other drivers, their > bindings, etc. > > As Russell pointed out, at the moment, most of the code you have in > the kernel is unusable, so it is a candidate for being thrown out. Indeed, and we've had drivers merged before for platforms that never made it in, and they just hang around for decades, adding to the maintainer's burden for no benefit what so ever. So please, no more drivers for EIC7700 until there is functional support for the platform, as Andrew states. -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTP is here! 80Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!