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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:23:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 12:53:37 +0530 From: Mohd Ayaan Anwar To: Krzysztof Kozlowski Cc: Bjorn Andersson , Konrad Dybcio , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Komal Bajaj , Anurag Pateriya , Dmitry Baryshkov , Richard Cochran , Andrew Lunn , Maxime Chevallier , Konrad Dybcio , linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH PRELIMINARY 0/5] arm64: dts: qcom: shikra: add Ethernet support Message-ID: References: <20260908-shikra_ethernet_dts-v1-0-69c0c5c7c124@oss.qualcomm.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: X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=TqLWQjXh c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6a9fb803 cx=c_pps a=MTSHoo12Qbhz2p7MsH1ifg==:117 a=ZePRamnt/+rB5gQjfz0u9A==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=VdqzKS8jKosA:10 a=s4-Qcg_JpJYA:10 a=VkNPw1HP01LnGYTKEx00:22 a=u7WPNUs3qKkmUXheDGA7:22 a=gowsoOTTUOVcmtlkKump:22 a=enzuNw960j4ePshAGDsA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=GvdueXVYPmCkWapjIL-Q:22 X-Proofpoint-GUID: -kCYY0E3Fx3DP2MH47oBXfbkixn77-kJ X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: -kCYY0E3Fx3DP2MH47oBXfbkixn77-kJ X-Proofpoint-Spam-Info: AW1haW4tMjYwOTA4MDA3NCBTYWx0ZWRfX7NWMUk9eOohW fl62zFuMPwXnm1jDw/xpPuvWIg+pXv+F3Qj+0XetRu/20C4tMCJanFK9rP9Rq3PkoebM0EzTNk3 Oi6MQsKqP9EY3joOXqDUAYup4UJun40= X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details-Enc: AW1haW4tMjYwOTA4MDA3NCBTYWx0ZWRfXwWSePT3sK+pe LeJiqCpYSm2xjSWwICnosiVs5lcUhqujQF8TAJNetYuACmRcBmJD7JQzWwkLqqI2y1QKI/0ncuD vPXRV0t+Zg5PyhWZI8GTe5JWPbGH9VCymNj0ULTn32LJWL1nwSKL0LyNAuEUYp6empQBaIDNKK/ 3p4brTuX/G5qkV/5/NHszg3HNXnOF+zvo/uTOpXj1j7mZbGaPtnsBgLM7Bhe7Ud8bl8+SBAGOm4 bultI2+rgJzt7LW0iPIG4/s93SXJ7QIcSPwfOPSBk0OU5Tmzta+a2a/GPPbkyp05x3eHqOkjBGr l/TMsiiMZlqd6LpmzGu4TtvMCb6YHYr6FKUBM+tNpV2dsXYX4NyexdvWG4Tpzss9QJM15OQeopt CxQ3Id6MlfnwJ2h5ejIpeIH4gVK/3CHM47MI/Co0UANYmZDOHKgn8Kvz6fgsQwf4uQX1CuREiDy UtnfV0XjFRUd6c/eBWQ== X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.293,Aquarius:18.0.1176,Hydra:6.1.134,FMLib:17.12.100.49 definitions=2026-09-08_01,2026-09-07_01,2025-10-01_01 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 spamscore=0 phishscore=0 malwarescore=0 clxscore=1015 impostorscore=0 suspectscore=0 classifier=typeunknown authscore=0 authtc= authcc= route=outbound adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.22.0-2606150000 definitions=main-2609080074 On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 09:14:45AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On 08/09/2026 09:04, Mohd Ayaan Anwar wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 08:56:39AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > >> On 08/09/2026 08:23, Mohd Ayaan Anwar wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> This preliminary series adds the DTS changes required to enable > >>> Ethernet on the Qualcomm Shikra CQM, CQS, and IQS EVKs. > >> > >> What is "PRELIMINARY" patch in upstream? Where is this process > >> documented or expressed? > >> > > > > My apologies. The code is ready, and I was hoping that sharing the DTS > > changes would make reviewing the driver and dt-bindings a bit easier. > > The original RFC had them together, and I split it out for net-next > > and linux-next. > > Yeah, but why calling it completely different than every other patchset? > Why coming with different style? Why this cannot be RFC? Agreed. In hindsight, this should probably have been an RFC v2. I saw some recent series using a PRELIMINARY tag, but I see that its ultimately just an RFC. > > > > > The only reason I added a PRELIMINARY tag was because these DTS changes > > should go in after the driver changes and dt-bindings. > > > > DTS cannot go after the driver changes. If that is your requirement, > then original work is broken and needs to be fixed. > I should have worded it better. I am only worried about the dt-bindings going in before this DTS. The driver changes just add support for whatever we are desribing in this series, they can go in after dt-bindings and DTS without any issues. Ayaan