Re: [PATCH 1/1] dt-bindings: mfd: da9052: allow dlg,da9053-aa fallback to dlg,da9052

[Lee Jones]

On Tue, 01 Sep 2026, Conor Dooley wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 04:15:21PM -0400, Frank.Li@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Allow dlg,da9053-aa fallback to dlg,da9052 to fix legacy platform (> 10
> > years) check_dtbs warnings:
> >   arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx53-voipac-bsb.dtb: dialog@48 (dlg,da9053-aa): compatible: ['dlg,da9053-aa', 'dlg,da9052'] is too long
> >         from schema $id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mfd/dlg,da9052.yaml
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Previous try drop dlg,da9052 at
> > https://lore.kernel.org/imx/20260404-thoughtful-placid-boobook-da26da@quoll/
> > 
> > but Krzy have concern about compablity.
> > 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/imx/20251107-matrimony-showdown-ba6ce6996b2f@spud/
> > 
> > Conor prefer update old dts.
> 
> I don't think these devices are actually compatible, so this fallback
> would be wrong.
> The data comes from the match data, be that spi or i2c, and there's
> explicitly different behaviour for the da9052 and da9053aa.
> I doubt the legacy platform ever worked properly, and this is what should
> have been explained in the PR that Krzysztof denied not just blindly
> citing a dtbs_check problem.
> 
> Nacked-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

At first glance this looks like an Acked-by.

IMHO, this is going to cause issues - please rethink this.

-- 
Lee Jones