[PATCH v3 0/4] Add support for new IMX8MP based board

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzk at kernel.org
Tue Sep 24 01:22:40 PDT 2024


On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 05:14:13PM +0200, Michal Vokáč wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> this series adds support for a new member in our IOTA platform.
> The board is based on the i.MX8MP SoC. The first two patches
> add support for most of the board functionality except USB Type-C
> port and some other minor things.
> 
> [PATCH 3] adds new device tree binding for a Diodes Incorporated
> PI5USB30213A Type-C Controller and [PATCH 4] enables that port on
> the IOTA2 Lumpy board.
> 
> We also wrote a driver for that Type-C port controller. I would like
> to get that driver upstream as well but I expect it will take much
> more iterations and effort to get it into mainline-ready shape so
> I intentionally excluded it from this series. AFAIK it should not
> be a problem to accept a device tree binding for a HW that does not
> have a driver in the kernel yet.

It's unusual but okay. It will be however more difficult for you - any
changes in the binding in the future (when writing driver) will be
rejected on basis of breaking ABI, even if Linux does not use that ABI.

Best regards,
Krzysztof




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