Re: [PATCH PRELIMINARY 0/5] arm64: dts: qcom: shikra: add Ethernet support

[Mohd Ayaan Anwar]

On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 09:14:45AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 08/09/2026 09:04, Mohd Ayaan Anwar wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 08:56:39AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> On 08/09/2026 08:23, Mohd Ayaan Anwar wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> This preliminary series adds the DTS changes required to enable
> >>> Ethernet on the Qualcomm Shikra CQM, CQS, and IQS EVKs.
> >>
> >> What is "PRELIMINARY" patch in upstream? Where is this process
> >> documented or expressed?
> >>
> > 
> > My apologies. The code is ready, and I was hoping that sharing the DTS
> > changes would make reviewing the driver and dt-bindings a bit easier.
> > The original RFC had them together, and I split it out for net-next
> > and linux-next.
> 
> Yeah, but why calling it completely different than every other patchset?
> Why coming with different style? Why this cannot be RFC?

Agreed. In hindsight, this should probably have been an RFC v2. I saw
some recent series using a PRELIMINARY tag, but I see that its
ultimately just an RFC.

> 
> > 
> > The only reason I added a PRELIMINARY tag was because these DTS changes
> > should go in after the driver changes and dt-bindings.
> > 
> 
> DTS cannot go after the driver changes. If that is your requirement,
> then original work is broken and needs to be fixed.
> 

I should have worded it better. I am only worried about the dt-bindings
going in before this DTS. The driver changes just add support for
whatever we are desribing in this series, they can go in after
dt-bindings and DTS without any issues.

	Ayaan