Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: arm: qcom: Add monaco-evk-ac support

[Umang Chheda]

On 4/4/2026 4:15 PM, Umang Chheda wrote:
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> On 4/4/2026 1:58 AM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 03, 2026 at 04:14:28PM +0530, Umang Chheda wrote:
>>> Hello Dmitry,
>>>
>>> On 4/1/2026 5:06 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 12:14:42AM +0530, Umang Chheda wrote:
>>>>> Introduce bindings for the monaco-evk-ac IoT board, which is
>>>>> based on the monaco-ac (QCS8300-AC) SoC variant.
>>>>
>>>> If it is a different SoC SKU, should it be reflected in the SoC compat
>>>> strings?
>>>
>>> Monaco‑AC does not introduce any S/W differences compared to Monaco SoC
>>> -- All IP blocks and bindings remain identical from S/W PoV, Hence
>>> haven't included the SoC SKU in the SoC compat strings.
>>>
>>> Hope this is okay ? Your view on this ?
>>
>> You are descibing -AC as the main difference between the kits, but then
>> you say that -AC doesn't bring new software interfaces. What is the
>> difference then between monako-evk and the -ac variant?
>>
> 
> The major difference between monaco-evk and monaco-ac-evk boards is that
> of power grid. monaco-evk requires 4 PMICs (2x PM8650AU + Maxim MAX20018
> + TI TPS6594) to support higher power requirements of monaco-AA variant
> of SoC which supports upto 40 TOPS of NPU - whereas this board
> "monaco-ac-evk" supports 20 TOPS of NPU and has lesser power
> requirements hence 2 PMICs suffice the power requirements (2x PM8650AU).
> 
> 
>> Also, from the naming point of view, it is monako-ac-evk, not the other
>> way.
> 
> Ack, will change this to "monaco-ac-evk" in the next version.
> 
> Also, should I change DT name "monaco-ac-evk.dts" instead of current
> "monaco-evk-ac-sku" ?

Corrected Typo -  I meant change DT name to "monaco-ac-evk.dts" and drop
"sku" from the DT name as well ?

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>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Umang Chheda <umang.chheda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml | 1 +
>>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml
>>>>> index ca880c105f3b..c76365a89687 100644
>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml
>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.yaml
>>>>> @@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ properties:
>>>>>            - enum:
>>>>>                - arduino,monza
>>>>>                - qcom,monaco-evk
>>>>> +              - qcom,monaco-evk-ac
>>>>>                - qcom,qcs8300-ride
>>>>>            - const: qcom,qcs8300
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> 2.34.1
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Umang
>>
> 
> Thanks,
> Umang

Thanks,
Umang
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