Re: [PATCH 4/5] arm64: dts: qcom: qrb4210-rb2: Drop redundant non-controllable supplies

From: Dmitry Baryshkov

Date: Mon Feb 23 2026 - 21:55:12 EST


On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 03:54:20PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Drop completely redundant non-controllable chain of "regulator-fixed"
> supplies, which serve no purpose except growing DTS and kernel boot
> time. They represent no added value and because of being completely
> transparent for any users of DTS (except the bloat), they should not be
> represented in DTS, just like we do not represent every transistor
> there.
>
> They were added to DTS without providing any real reason ("The board
> hosts a whole lot of fixed regulators. Describe them.").
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> I really wish people say in the commit msg WHY they are doing things,
> not what...
> ---
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/qrb4210-rb2.dts | 45 --------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 45 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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With best wishes
Dmitry