Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: arm: rockchip: Add ArmSoM Sige7s
From: Heiko Stuebner
Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 07:59:21 EST
Am Montag, 26. Oktober 2026, 08:59:14 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb Jianfeng Liu:
> Hi Krzysztof,
>
> On 2026-10-26 7:08 UTC, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> The ArmSoM Sige7s is an RK3588S-based single-board computer which
> >> shares its hardware design with the CoolPi 4B.
> >
> >How different devices from different vendors can share design?
> >
> >
> >What is exactly is shared and how did you verify that?
>
> I confirmed this with ArmSoM. They purchased the original CoolPi 4B
> hardware design from CoolPi and confirmed that no hardware design
> modifications were made for the Sige7s.
>
> So the Sige7s uses the same hardware design as the CoolPi 4B, rather
> than being independently designed.
if it's the completely same board, just with a different print on
the board, why does it need an empty devicetree. When it's completely
unchanged, what's speaking against just re-using the original one?
Heiko