Re: [PATCH v2] rockchip: add support for Theobroma Systems SOM-RK3588-Q7 Tiger module

[Kever Yang <kever.yang@rock-chips.com>]

Hi Quentin,

On 2024/5/8 16:34, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> Hi Kever,
>
> On 5/8/24 4:42 AM, Kever Yang wrote:
>> Hi Quentin,
>>
>>      Could you please update this patch with OF_UPSTREAM support?
>>
>
> No, I cannot yet :/
>
> Tiger is only available in Linux kernel v6.9-rcX and dts/ in U-Boot is 
> currently at v6.8.

I see, then we may need to support the board without OF_UPSTREAM during 
the dts is available

in kernel tree but not available in U-Boot dts/upstream.

>
> What are we supposed to do for this then?
>
> Would bumping dts/ to an -rc tag be ok for U-Boot? 

Hi Tom,

     What's policy of the dts/upstream suppose to update? This is the 
typical issue there is gap

between the dts merge in mainline kernel and available in next release.


Thanks,
- Kever
> After all, those are rc and not "stable" branches. Do we need to wait 
> for the actual kernel release before bumping dts/ (so wait for up to 2 
> months before supporting a board in U-Boot)? Should we have an 
> intermediate solution where we use the "old" model (NOT OF_UPSTREAM) 
> until we bump dts/ to the latest kernel release and the DTS is 
> available through OF_UPSTREAM?
>
> Cheers,
> Quentin