Re: [PATCH 8/9] arm64: dts: qcom: qcm2290: Add WCN3990 Wi-Fi node

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Tue Apr 04 2023 - 06:05:21 EST


On 04/04/2023 12:04, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 04/04/2023 11:55, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 4.04.2023 08:08, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> On 03/04/2023 19:36, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>>> Add a node for the ATH10K SNoC-managed WCN3990 Wi-Fi.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> We had these talks a lot... All these 3-8 patches should be two patches:
>>> 1. SoC DTSI
>>> 2. Board DTS.
>>>
>>> Splitting superficially patchset on initial submission does not make
>>> sense. If you sent it in separate patchsets during development - release
>>> early, release often - then of course it would be fine. But hoarding
>>> patches till everything is ready is not the approach we want (and we
>>> made it clear that SM8550 should be the last such platform)
>> That wasn't my intention.
>>
>> This patchset is "feature-rich", as it piggybacks off of Shawn and Loic
>> having submitted the driver parts long long ago and SM6115 being quite
>> well-supported (and almost identical to the QCM). Patches 4-8 were not
>> "held hostage" waiting for full fat platform enablement, but were
>> essentially "copy-paste, adjust, verify" and that does not require a
>> lot of manpower or time.. I split them to ease the review (~850 LoC @
>> PATCH 3, ~1900 LoC @ PATCH 8).
>>
>> In any case, the fact that there's so many features submitted with
>> the initial posting is not related to me holding onto them on
>> purpose, they were created together, probably within 20 minutes of
>> each other.. This should have been posted a long time ago with even
>> more things (like regulators), but there's been some communication
>> issues with Qualcomm..
>>
>> LMK how you want me to proceed with this.
>
> All these 3-8 patches should be two patches. If you have separate PMIC,
> then could be three patches.

Correction: 3-9 should be combined. 9 is even more surprising, because
it is a four-liner...

Best regards,
Krzysztof