[PATCH v1 2/7] ARM: dts: aspeed: system1: Enable video engine

Andrew Jeffery andrew at codeconstruct.com.au
Mon May 18 04:38:38 PDT 2026


On Tue, 2026-04-21 at 17:45 -0500, Ninad Palsule wrote:
> From: Manojkiran Eda <manojkiran.eda at gmail.com>
> 
> This patch enables the aspeed video engine support in ASPEED BMC for
> IBM System1. It is crucial for facilitating the BMC's video capture
> and redirection capabilities, which are integral to remote management
> and KVM (Keyboard-Video-Mouse) over IP functionality.

This is a real nitpick, but: The commit message seems a bit too
grandiose for my tastes. Can you make it more succinct? Writing in
imperative mood to avoid "this patch" is generally recommended too:

https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes

Andrew

> 
> Signed-off-by: Manojkiran Eda <manojkiran.eda at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ninad Palsule <ninad at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-ibm-system1.dts | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-ibm-system1.dts
> b/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-ibm-system1.dts
> index 488d0b3916a1..0ca799893791 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-ibm-system1.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/aspeed/aspeed-bmc-ibm-system1.dts
> @@ -531,6 +531,10 @@ &lpc_snoop {
>  	snoop-ports = <0x80>, <0x81>;
>  };
>  
> +&video {
> +	status = "okay";
> +};
> +
>  &i2c0 {
>  	status = "okay";
>  



More information about the linux-arm-kernel mailing list