Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: soc: qcom: Add qcom,kaanapali-imem compatible

[Konrad Dybcio]

On 11/4/25 3:37 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 04/11/2025 15:35, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 11/4/25 3:26 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> This I got, but nothing here explains why you need generic compatible.
>>> To re-iterate: there was no generic compatible before, now there is.
>>> Writing bindings and numerous reviews from DT maintainers ask not to use
>>> generic compatibles.
>>
>> OK so let's not worry about a generic compatible. IMEM exists since
>> MSM8974 and it only had major hw updates with SM8550. They don't
>> impact the software interface though, so qcom,msm8974-imem is OK.
>>
>> There's a separate control/status register address space for each
>> instance of this IP (usually far apart from the actual SRAM pool),
>> which Linux doesn't have to care about.
> 
> Just use qcom,kaanapali-imem - that's the first device here without syscons.

So we don't want to move the existing ones over?

Konrad