[PATCH v6 1/9] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: add verisilicon
Drew Fustini
fustini at kernel.org
Wed Jan 28 12:50:21 PST 2026
On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 08:42:11PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 12:22:40PM -0800, Drew Fustini wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 05:28:22PM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
> > > From: Icenowy Zheng <uwu at icenowy.me>
> > >
> > > VeriSilicon is a Silicon IP vendor, which is the current owner of
> > > Vivante series video-related IPs and Hantro series video codec IPs.
> > >
> > > Add a vendor prefix for this company.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Icenowy Zheng <uwu at icenowy.me>
> > > Signed-off-by: Icenowy Zheng <zhengxingda at iscas.ac.cn>
> > > Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh at kernel.org>
> > > ---
> > > No changes since v4.
> > >
> > > Changes in v3:
> > > - Add Rob's ACK.
> > >
> > > No changes in v2.
> > >
> > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml | 2 ++
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> > > index c7591b2aec2a7..18f931f369198 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> > > @@ -1745,6 +1745,8 @@ patternProperties:
> > > description: Variscite Ltd.
> > > "^vdl,.*":
> > > description: Van der Laan b.v.
> > > + "^verisilicon,.*":
> > > + description: VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
> > > "^vertexcom,.*":
> > > description: Vertexcom Technologies, Inc.
> > > "^via,.*":
> > > --
> > > 2.52.0
> > >
> >
> > I've applied the bindings patches (1, 2, 4) to thead-dt-for-next as well
> > so that 'make W=1 dtbs_check' won't break for the next release of
> > linux-next.
> >
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/fustini/linux.git/log/?h=thead-dt-for-next
> >
> > I wouldn't normally pick bindings patches but it is a short timeline if
> > we want to get some testing done in linux-next before sending v6.20 pull
> > requests. I have created an immutable branch thead-dt-v6.20-dpu-hdmi in
> > case that helps.
> >
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/fustini/linux.git/log/?h=thead-dt-v6.20-dpu-hdmi
> >
> > I can drop the yaml patches from thead-dt-for-next if people think that
> > was the wrong thing to do. If we think that the driver changes won't
> > actually be ready for the merge window, then I can drop all these
> > patches from thead-dt-for-next.
>
> If you're taking the binding patches, it means the driver hasn't been
> applied, and therefore there's not much reason to do something abnormal
> like this? I'm not sure what the benefit of getting the dts patches
> applied if the driver hasn't been accepted yet.
>
> If this is only about linux-next, and the driver /is/ going to land in
> v6.20 (or v7.0, w/e it ends up being), then the warnings don't warrant
> doing something abnormal either, as long as whatever Linus ends up with
> at -rc1 is clean.
Okay, thanks for the guidance. I felt the urgency as I had the
impression that Thomas Zimmermann might take those driver changes for
the next merge window.
I will drop the bindings patches from thead-dt-for-next right now.
Are you saying it is okay to leave the dts patches in thead-dt-for-next
even though that means next will have W=1 dtbs_check warning about
undocumented compatible?
Thanks,
Drew
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