[PATCH 1/2] arm64: dts: sun50i-a64-pinephone: Add AF8133J to PinePhone

Andrey Skvortsov andrej.skvortzov at gmail.com
Tue Nov 5 23:05:56 PST 2024


Hi,

On 24-11-06 10:31, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 3:51 AM Andrey Skvortsov
> <andrej.skvortzov at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > >
> > > FYI I'm open to either approach. If the firmware can do it, that is also
> > > fine. I don't know if it makes sense to have both disabled by default
> > > though? That would break existing users, but so would the in-kernel
> > > prober approach, which requires both components be marked as
> > > "fail-needs-probe", and also requires that the kernel driver be enabled.
> > > In other words, I think the firmware approach is friendlier for existing
> > > users that have the original batches.
> >
> > Current patches leave original magnetometer enabled as before. So only
> > the new alternative magnetometer is disabled. Firmware prober will set
> > the correct status. So you are right firmware approach is a bit nicer
> > for existing users, nothing will change for them with any combination
> > of kernel and firmware. Let's go with a firmware approach with current
> > patches then, if nobody
> 
> If?
if no one has anything against that.


> I'll wait a day before applying this patch then.
Sure, thanks.

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Best regards,
Andrey Skvortsov



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