Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: crypto: qcom,inline-crypto-engine: Document Nord ICE

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Mon Apr 20 2026 - 12:33:02 EST


On 20/04/2026 14:57, Shawn Guo wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 01:56:46PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 20/04/2026 10:39, Shawn Guo wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 10:27:56AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> On 20/04/2026 09:33, Shawn Guo wrote:
>>>>> Add compatible for Inline Crypto Engine (ICE) on Qualcomm Nord SoC
>>>>> witha fallback on qcom,inline-crypto-engine.
>>>>
>>>> Don't explain what the diff is doing. Explain why. Why do you use fallback?
>>>>
>>>> What is Nord? It's nowhere explained. First posting was 1.5 months ago
>>>> and it did not provide any explanation. I don't see any information
>>>> being posted in the series sent now.
>>>
>>> I'm still checking internally to see how we can get the best socinfo
>>> patch describing Nord which is a SoC family covering both SA8997P and
>>> IQ10 variant. Hopefully I will get it soon.
>>
>> I found the DTS on:
>> https://github.com/qualcomm-linux/kernel-topics/commits/early/hwe/nord/
>> so it should be mentioned somewhere, which I kind of asked when we
>> discussed about adding compatibles used by that DTS. You would solve
>> yourself all my questions from three threads.
>
> Ah, I see. I thought only patches posted to list count.

That link is public posting of patches. Anyone can clone that repo, take
that branch and send DTS not even waiting for you, including case when
you do not continue with DTS after merging the ABI.

Best regards,
Krzysztof