Re: [PATCH] arm/arm64: dts: renesas: Drop unused .dtsi

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Chris,

On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 at 08:04, Chris Paterson
<Chris.Paterson2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > These .dtsi files are not included anywhere in the tree and can't be
> > tested.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>

> >  delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r9a07g044c1.dtsi
> >  delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r9a07g044l1.dtsi
> >  delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r9a07g054l1.dtsi
> >  delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/renesas/r9a09g047e37.dtsi
>
> The lot of the above are for SoCs that exist and there could well be users using them who haven't upstreamed a dts.
> I'd convert them to overlays but they all make use of /delete-node/ which as far as I understand isn't supported in overlays.

Converting to overlays is not suitable here, as these do represent base
SoC functionality, not an add-on.

Besides, overlays also have the "must have at least one user" rule.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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