Re: [PATCH PRELIMINARY 0/5] arm64: dts: qcom: shikra: add Ethernet support

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 08/09/2026 09:04, Mohd Ayaan Anwar wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 08:56:39AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 08/09/2026 08:23, Mohd Ayaan Anwar wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This preliminary series adds the DTS changes required to enable
>>> Ethernet on the Qualcomm Shikra CQM, CQS, and IQS EVKs.
>>
>> What is "PRELIMINARY" patch in upstream? Where is this process
>> documented or expressed?
>>
> 
> My apologies. The code is ready, and I was hoping that sharing the DTS
> changes would make reviewing the driver and dt-bindings a bit easier.
> The original RFC had them together, and I split it out for net-next
> and linux-next.

Yeah, but why calling it completely different than every other patchset?
Why coming with different style? Why this cannot be RFC?

> 
> The only reason I added a PRELIMINARY tag was because these DTS changes
> should go in after the driver changes and dt-bindings.
> 

DTS cannot go after the driver changes. If that is your requirement,
then original work is broken and needs to be fixed.

Best regards,
Krzysztof