Re: [PATCH v2 05/11] dt-bindings: mailbox: qcom: Allow syscon on qcom,msm8976-apcs-kpss-global
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Wed Nov 16 2022 - 04:45:02 EST
On 16/11/2022 10:00, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
> Il 16/11/22 09:57, Krzysztof Kozlowski ha scritto:
>> On 16/11/2022 09:52, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
>>> Il 15/11/22 17:44, Krzysztof Kozlowski ha scritto:
>>>> On 11/11/2022 13:01, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
>>>>> MSM8976 supports SMSM, which needs this node to also be a syscon:
>>>>> move the compatible to allow that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fixes: bcc8d70f912d ("dt-bindings: mailbox: Add compatible for the MSM8976")
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure if this is still a bug. Maybe just a missing feature?
>>>>
>>>
>>> This changes how you use this mailbox across the entire devicetree (as other
>>> nodes will not use mboxes = xxxx, but qcom,ipc = xxxx as syscon), so I think
>>> that this is not a missing feature?
>>
>> Whether it is a bug depends on existing usage. If none of msm8976 DTSes
>> use it the other way, then it is just incomplete or missing support. Not
>> a bug. If existing DTSes use it as syscon, thus you need to add syscon
>> to compatible, then it would be a bugfix.
>>
>
> It's not a bugfix then. The Fixes tag shall be dropped.
>
> Same question like the other commit, should I send a v3 or can it be dropped while
> applying?
Maybe better send a v3.
Best regards,
Krzysztof