Re: [PATCH v1] arm64: dts: mt7986: add overlay for SATA power socket on BPI-R3

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Sep 11 2023 - 16:48:26 EST


On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 2:27 AM Frank Wunderlich <linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Bananapi R3 has a Power socket entended for using external SATA drives.
> This Socket is off by default but can be switched with gpio 8.
>
> Add an overlay to activate it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/Makefile | 1 +
> .../mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3-sata.dtso | 39 +++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3-sata.dtso
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/Makefile b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/Makefile
> index c99c3372a4b5..822d3e36d3df 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/Makefile
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK) += mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3-emmc.dtbo
> dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK) += mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3-nand.dtbo
> dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK) += mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3-nor.dtbo
> dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK) += mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3-sd.dtbo
> +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK) += mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3-sata.dtbo

The requirement for overlays is they have a target base dt in tree and
that you apply the overlay to it. All these existing overlays have the
same problem which I pointed out when you submitted them. Please fix
the existing ones before adding more.


Rob