[PATCH v1 1/8] dt-bindings: PCI: Add Broadcom STB 7712 SOC, update maintainter

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzk at kernel.org
Tue Jul 2 21:33:51 PDT 2024


On 02/07/2024 23:57, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 5:12 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk at kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 28/06/2024 22:54, Jim Quinlan wrote:
>>> - Update maintainer.
>>
>> Why?
> 
> I haven't observed any action or feedback from Nicolas in years.
> Nicolas, please
> state your case for being a maintainer because it is not making sense from
> my perspective.

Commit msg should explain why.

>>
>>> - Adds a driver compatible string for the new STB SOC 7712
>>> - Adds two new resets for the 7712: "bridge", for the
>>>   the bridge between the PCIe core and the memory bus;
>>>   and "swinit", the PCIe core reset.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan at broadcom.com>
>>> ---
>>>  .../bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml           | 24 ++++++++++++++++++-
>>>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
>>> index 11f8ea33240c..f594fef343a1 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/brcm,stb-pcie.yaml
>>> @@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ $schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>>>  title: Brcmstb PCIe Host Controller
>>>
>>>  maintainers:
>>> -  - Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne at suse.de>
>>> +  - Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan at broadcom.com>
>>>
>>>  properties:
>>>    compatible:
>>>      items:
>>>        - enum:
>>> +          - brcm,bcm7712-pcie # STB sibling SOC of Raspberry Pi 5
>>
>> Why did you place it here? Isn't the list ordered?
> 
> It is ordered from newest at top to oldest at bottom -- is the
> convention to put the "new" at the bottom?

Both your proposals lead to conflicts, so of course no. The lists are
ordered alphabetically, in most cases.



Best regards,
Krzysztof




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