[PATCH 0/3] arm64: dts: rockchip: Enable the NPU on some rk3588 boards

Ricardo Pardini ricardo at pardini.net
Wed Dec 31 02:47:58 PST 2025


Hi Jimmy,

>> This series enables the NPU on a few Rockchip rk3588 boards.
>> In every case here, the required regulator was already described.

> Now that the pd_npu has defined the dependency to the vdd_npu_s0,
> shouldn't the regulator-always-on be removed from the regulator? When
> the Rock5B enabled the NPU, it didn't define the regulator with always
> on. [1]
> 
> More specifically, the commit message for the introduction of the
> pd_npu label mentions how the regulator no longer needs to be always
> on. [2]
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rockchip/20250721-6-10-rocket-v9-10-77ebd484941e@tomeuvizoso.net/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rockchip/20250721-6-10-rocket-v9-7-77ebd484941e@tomeuvizoso.net/
Nice, I overlooked that. I'll send a v2 removing `regulator-always-on;` 
from the regulator.

And maybe a separate series removing it from the the other NPU-enabled 
boards that still have it?

Thanks,
Ricardo



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