Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: gnss: Add Broacom BCM4751 family bindings

From: Dmitry Osipenko
Date: Mon Apr 18 2022 - 07:20:06 EST


Hi Linus,

On 4/15/22 00:43, Linus Walleij wrote:
> The Broadcom BCM4751 family of (A-)GPS chips have been around for
> some years. The latest iteration BCM4753 is for example mounted
> on the Huawei HiKey970.
>
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../bindings/gnss/brcm,bcm4751.yaml | 69 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gnss/brcm,bcm4751.yaml

What are the chances of seeing the kernel driver for BCM4751+? There are
myriads of Android devices using that GPS chip. Previously the
proprietary firmware interface of BCM4751 was an obstacle for addition
of the driver to upstream kernel, did anything change?