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

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 08/09/2026 09:23, Mohd Ayaan Anwar wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 09:14:45AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> Agreed. In hindsight, this should probably have been an RFC v2. I saw
> some recent series using a PRELIMINARY tag, but I see that its

Where?
https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=s%3APRELIMINARY


Best regards,
Krzysztof