[PATCH v2 4/4] arm64: dts: broadcom: bcm2712: add bcm2712-firmware compatible
Krzysztof Kozlowski
krzk at kernel.org
Tue May 5 02:22:54 PDT 2026
On 05/05/2026 11:21, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 05/05/2026 09:25, Gregor Herburger wrote:
>> The Raspberry Pi 5 firmware exposes additional features. Update the
>> compatible to reflect these differences.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gregor Herburger <gregor.herburger at linutronix.de>
>> ---
>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-rpi-5-b-base.dtsi | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-rpi-5-b-base.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-rpi-5-b-base.dtsi
>> index b7a6bc34ae1a..7283078fd441 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-rpi-5-b-base.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-rpi-5-b-base.dtsi
>> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ power_button: power-button {
>>
>> firmware {
>> firmware: rpi-firmware {
>> - compatible = "raspberrypi,bcm2835-firmware", "simple-mfd";
>> + compatible = "raspberrypi,bcm2712-firmware", "simple-mfd";
>
> This breaks users without mentioning and without proper reason.
> "Additional features" is not a reason to break users. At least not
> without explaining the actual impact, but even with the impact IMO this
> is just wrong.
>
Heh, and you ignored completely our final comments in last discussion.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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