[PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: clock: update rk3588 clock definitions

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Sun Mar 26 07:51:20 PDT 2023


On 26/03/2023 14:02, Shane Francis wrote:
>> Please wrap commit message according to > > Linux coding style /
> submission
> 
> Will do, I haven't submitted patches for a while totally forgot the
> wrapping guidelines
> 
>> Unfortunately the reason is not good enough > for ABI break. Replace
>> vendor boot uboots with open-source one or > just correct them (it's still
>> U-Boot so even for vendor one you have the source).
> 
> Replacing uboot is fine for this case, however I can foresee that can cause
> issues further down the line.
> 
> 
> 1. No uboot source from the vendor, we all know no everyone respects code
> licencing
> 
> 2. Secure environments (like android tables), this chipset will likely end
> up in android tablets that have the secure boot chain enable. These will be
> unable to replace uboot even if source is available.

So mention this in the commit msg.

> 
> As this SoC is new to the Linux kernel (not even useable for much it's
> current state) would it not be better to aling on this so vendor and
> mainline DTS "agree" now rather than possibly have to address is in the
> future ?

Then commit msg should also mention it.



Best regards,
Krzysztof




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