Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: soc: qcom: qcom,pmic-glink: Add compatible string for SM8475

From: Konrad Dybcio

Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 13:16:54 EST


On 7/31/26 5:54 PM, Esteban Urrutia wrote:
> On 7/31/26 11:30 AM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 7/31/26 4:44 PM, Esteban Urrutia wrote:
>>> On 7/31/26 5:58 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 01:00:08AM -0400, Esteban Urrutia wrote:
>>>>> Due to a different process design, SM8475 (4 nm) SoC takes things from both
>>>>> SM8450 (4 LPX) and SM8550 (4 nm) SoCs.
>>>>
>>>> What things? This is just unspecific and not useful. And I doubt that it
>>>> is even "different process design", because how one would know that?
>>>
>>>
>>> The process design is specified on the corresponding datasheets for
>>> these SoCs, which are flying somewhere around the internet.
>>> Also [1].
>>>
>>>>> Add a separate compatible string for this SoC to avoid possible confusions.
>>>>
>>>> No, explain the hardware compatibility.
>>>>
>>>> Add foo bar, which is not compatible with baz because it uses bam bam in
>>>> different setup (difference in registers, e.g. XYZ and ABC),
>>>
>>> How does this commit message based on what was said in [1] sound to you?
>>
>> That made more sense because the electrical differences are what made
>> the PHY init sequence changes necessary. Here, Krzysztof is trying to
>> express that the pmic-glink interface found on SM8475 is likely no
>> different than the one found on SM8450 (and SM8350 and so on)
>>
>> Then, since it's the same, it can reuse the same driver match data,
>> so patch 2 is unnecessary, since the driver binds said match data
>> on the fallback "qcom,pmic-glink" compatible
>
>
> I don't understand. You're implying that the pmic-glink interface found
> on SM8350 and SM8450 is not that different but they both have different
> quirks on ucsi_glink.c.
> No quirks would be applied on SM8475 if patch 2 is not in place either.

Somehow I confabulated the generic compatible being present in the
driver... I was trying to explain that

And yes I didn't notice the 8350/8450 difference. But anyway, the
resolution will be one of:

// 8450 is fully compatible
"qcom,sm8475-pmic-glink",
"qcom,sm8450-pmic-glink",
"qcom,pmic-glink"

or

// 8475 is special
"qcom,sm8475-pmic-glink",
"qcom,pmic-glink"

depending on what you believe is more correct. I think the first
one fits better.

Konrad