Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] arm64: dts: exynos: add initial support for Samsung Galaxy Watch FE

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 20/10/2026 12:42, Aiden Isik wrote:
>> Is it a wording issue? I don't depend on actual driver code in the DTS,
>> only bindings for the hardware they drive, so maybe I could make
>> that more clear?
> 
> To elaborate on this, I listed that as a dependency because that patch adds
> the compatible string for the watchdog timer, and I was also under the
> impression that drivers must be already in-tree before a DTS patch which
> uses the hardware the drivers support can be applied (otherwise you
> would be merging a DTS of which parts do not work as the prerequisite
> drivers are not in the kernel).
> 
> Is this not the case?

That was never the case. See maintainer soc profiles.

Best regards,
Krzysztof