[PATCH v2 3/6] dt-bindings: display: mediatek: Correct compatibility for mt8167-dsi

Vladimir Oltean olteanv at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 05:58:28 PST 2026


Hi Luca,

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 04:22:14PM +0000, Luca Leonardo Scorcia wrote:
> Remove the dedicated "mediatek,mt8167-dsi" compatible from the device list and
> describe it as compatible with mt2701 instead. It is safe to do so because:
> 
> - Bootloader doesn't rely on this single compatible; and
> - There was never any upstreamed devicetree using this single compatible; and
> - The MT8167 DSI Controller is fully compatible with the one found in MT2701.
> 
> Fixes: 8867c4b39361 ("dt-bindings: display: mediatek: dsi: add documentation for MT8167 SoC")

Not sure which direction this patch will go in the next revision, but
(if this patch remains in this form, and intended as a bug fix) please
do not mix fixes for the current (and stable) kernel with new development
for the next kernel in the same series. They are supposed to be applied
to
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/phy/linux-phy.git/log/?h=next
and
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/phy/linux-phy.git/log/?h=fixes
respectively.

(also see Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst for what is
generally considered to be a bug fix. We don't use the word "fix" very
lightly, there needs to be a user-visible impact.)

To help the build test automation select the proper base branch, you can
use the "phy-next" or "phy-fixes" git subject prefixes when generating
your patches.

You can send fixes at any time, but please send new development for the
next kernel only when the merge window isn't open (unless it is marked
as RFC, then it can also be sent any time).



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