[PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: ARM: samsung: Add Samsung Manta (Google Nexus 10)

Lukas Timmermann linux at timmermann.space
Fri Nov 21 10:07:20 PST 2025


On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 06:24:36PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 21/11/2025 14:45, Lukas Timmermann wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 10:04:43AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 03:40:14PM +0100, Lukas Timmermann wrote:
> >>> From: Alexandre Marquet <tb at a-marquet.fr>
> >>>
> >>> Add the Google Nexus 10 board to documentation.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Marquet <tb at a-marquet.fr>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Lukas Timmermann <linux at timmermann.space>
> >>> ---
> >>>  .../devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/samsung-boards.yaml          | 1 +
> >>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/samsung-boards.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/samsung-boards.yaml
> >>> index f8e20e602c20..97a5a678f43c 100644
> >>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/samsung-boards.yaml
> >>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/samsung-boards.yaml
> >>> @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ properties:
> >>>                - google,snow-rev5                # Google Snow Rev 5+
> >>>                - google,spring                   # Google Spring
> >>>                - insignal,arndale                # Insignal Arndale
> >>> +              - samsung,nexus10-manta           # Samsung Manta (Google Nexus 10)
> >>
> >> Google Nexus or Samsung Nexus or Samsung Manta? I am sorry, but I am
> >> 100% sure that Samsung and Google are two different companies. Google
> >> products use only google prefixes, see all other Google devices.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Krzysztof
> >>
> > Google sold the device under it's Nexus brand. But it was built by
> > Samsung, not just it's SoC. It's codename is "manta". Google places it 
> > in the Samsung directory instead of their own.
> > See: https://android.googlesource.com/device/samsung/manta/
> > It is a Samsung board, but also a Google device.
> 
> As I said, all Google end-user made by Samsung have Google names, not
> Samsung. Do you see there samsung,spring? Or samsung,nexus for other
> Nexuses? No.
> 
> There is just no such thing as samsung,nexus. Never was, so you cannot
> use that as product.
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 
I compared some Pixel and Nexus devices and now understand what you
meant. So "google,manta" should be the correct name here?
As seen in "google,sargo" -> Google Pixel 3a
Thanks for your input.

Best regards,
Lukas Timmermann



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