[EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] arm64: dts: cn913x: add device trees for topology B boards

[Andrew Lunn]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 06:57:46AM +0000, Kostya Porotchkin wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>
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> > To: Kostya Porotchkin <kostap at marvell.com>
> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org; tmn505 at gmail.com;
> > jaz at semihalf.com; gregory.clement at bootlin.com; Nadav Haklai
> > <nadavh at marvell.com>; robh+dt at kernel.org; Stefan Chulski
> > <stefanc at marvell.com>; mw at semihalf.com; Ben Peled
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> > Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] arm64: dts: cn913x: add device trees for
> > topology B boards
> > 
> > > 1) make the DTS naming match the current SDK code
> > 
> > Where do i found the SDK?
> [KP] Unfortunately the last Github published release is 2 years old.
> The new SDK is available only after registration (and accepting the NDA terms) on marvell.com site. 

Which leads to the question, why should the mainline kernel be changed
to be compatible with a closed source SDK?

What mainline should not do is break compatibility with
mainline. Which is why i think the existing DTB file needs to keep its
name, and B gets a new file name.

   Andrew