[GIT PULL] Allwinner DT Changes for 7.2

Chen-Yu Tsai wens at kernel.org
Tue Jun 9 07:02:36 PDT 2026


On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 10:46 PM Paul Kocialkowski <paulk at sys-base.io> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Le Tue 09 Jun 26, 22:26, Chen-Yu Tsai a écrit :
> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk at kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 09/06/2026 14:38, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> On 09/06/2026 13:48, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> > > >>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk at kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 03:09:52AM +0800, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> > > >>>>> The following changes since commit 254f49634ee16a731174d2ae34bc50bd5f45e731:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>   Linux 7.1-rc1 (2026-04-26 14:19:00 -0700)
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> are available in the Git repository at:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sunxi/linux.git tags/sunxi-dt-for-7.2
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> for you to fetch changes up to 44cf19e41c769720750dbb8752aca75c247e565f:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>   arm64: dts: allwinner: a523: add gpadc node (2026-05-25 05:02:58 +0800)
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> As mentioned in the tag, this pull request contains a change that should
> > > >>>>> be shared between the soc and clk trees. However since I don't have any
> > > >>>>> clk changes to send this cycle, I think it can just go through the soc
> > > >>>>> tree without any issues.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> But the clock driver change cannot be in the DTS branch. This should go
> > > >>>> via clock tree even if it is one change. And definitely not via DTS
> > > >>>> branch.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> It is a shared change, because it moves two symbols from the driver's
> > > >>> private header to the public DT binding header. I don't see how this
> > > >>> can go through just the clk tree when one of the subsequent patches
> > > >>> uses those new symbols.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> "clk: sunxi-ng: v3s: Export MBUS and DRAM clocks to the public header"
> > > >>> is needed by "ARM: dts: sun8i: v3s: Add mbus node to represent the
> > > >>> interconnect".
> > > >>>
> > > >>> The other way to go about this is to use raw numbers first, then
> > > >>> another patch in the next cycle to switch the numbers to actual
> > > >>> macros. IMHO not worth the churn and headache.
> > > >>
> > > >> You can have a duplicated define.
> > > >
> > > > I honestly did not know that it worked.
> > > >
> > > > However, splitting what is effectively one logical change (*move*
> > > > something) into two patches just to be able to merge them through two
> > > > separate trees still seems wrong to me.
> > >
> > > It is not really one logical change. Defining a new ABI (binding header
> > > define) is considered one change. Merging binding change into driver
> > > commit breaks rule of splitting bindings from implementation.
> > >
> > > Second rule is that DTS branch CANNOT take driver changes. So if you do
> > > not want to adhere to the above rule you still cannot combine it into
> > > DTS branch.
> >
> > Very well. I will drop the two changes and send a revised pull request.
> >
> > Paul, can you redo the clk changes as requested in the next cycle?
>
> Sure, so if I understand correctly, commit:
> clk: sunxi-ng: v3s: Export MBUS and DRAM clocks to the public headersunxi
>
> should be split into two, one adding the definitions to the dt-bindings
> headers first and a second one removing them from the clk driver?

Correct.

> Can it still make it for 7.2?

If you send it out soon, then maybe I can send both in a PR to Stephen.
But the v3s dts patch is not going to make it.


ChenYu



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