[PATCH] firmware: arm: Consolidate arm firmware interface drivers under arm/

[Sudeep Holla]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2026 at 11:08:47AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2026, at 11:00, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for posting this in the middle of merge window, but if people agree
> > it is better to this merged at the end of merge window, hence posting it.
> 
> Hi Sudeep,
> 
> The changes all make sense to me, but I don't think we need a special
> case for the end of the merge window here, since it is fairly local
> and all those should already go through your tree anyway. If there
> are any changes to the files in other trees, that is usually something
> that git-merge handles well, only emailed patches would need manual
> changes.
> 
> I would suggest putting any new Arm specific firmware interfaces under
> drivers/firmware/arm/ directly, but delaying the actual move until 7.5.
> 
> To make the transition easier, maybe you can use this patch as an
> immutable branch and send that to soc at lists.linux.dev directly after
> 7.4-rc1 is out, and then base any other firmware contents for 7.5
> on that branch. 
> 

Understood and agreed. Sounds like a plan.

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Regards,
Sudeep