Re: [PATCH v2 01/12] dt-bindings: media: qcom,venus: Add context bank subnodes to common schema

[Bryan O'Donoghue]

On 06/08/2026 11:14, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 06/08/2026 12:07, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> > I tend to think - absent an obvious an immediately applicable fix these
> > two drivers must be marked BROKEN, the alternative is to apply Daniel's
> > fix and then live with the results for the bindings.
> >
> > Since the DT schema change is still under debate - what alternative is
> > there ?
> >
> > I'm not far off sending that patch now myself because I'm not seeing
> > urgency on fixing this and TBH that's pissing me off.
> >
> > As a user of a system, I expect resonsible and honest behaviour wrt to
> > bugs, not architecture astronauty while my system can still reset
> > despite perfectly functional fixes being available.
> >
> > Great you want to do sub-nodes in DT. Not great, that's not agreed yet,
> > even more not great - the venus stuff isn't even on the list.
> >
> > Please indicate what should be done for -stable this week else both of
> > these drivers need to be marked BROKEN.
>
> Nothing should be done for stable. Or rather: you can do whatever you
> wish for the stable, because we discuss here mainline, not stable kernel.
>
> There is no problem here "devices running stable kernel are affected"
> which we are solving.
>
> The only problem we are solving is "devices running mainline kernel are
> affected". Fix this one and stable will follow.
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof

Yes -master.

My issue is how long this will take. Several kernel cycles and the 
debate is ongoing.

Daneil's fix has not been applied which means the replicable system bug 
is out there in the wild, not addressed.

Daniel's fix could have been applied and rolled out to all users in 
mainline and consequently stable.

Instead another architectural level fix is still under discussion, which 
is of no value to end users whose systems can reset in the meantime.

Its just not responsible behaviour. So I feel both of these drivers need 
to be marked as BROKEN unless/until a fix lands.

I'm hoping the vidc team will come up with something else.

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bod