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

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 08/09/2026 09:39, Mohd Ayaan Anwar wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 12:53:46PM +0530, 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:
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> I should have worded it better. I am only worried about the dt-bindings
>> going in before this DTS. The driver changes just add support for
>> whatever we are desribing in this series, they can go in after
>> dt-bindings and DTS without any issues.
>>
> 
> ...would it be preferable to instead have the split like this?
> 
>   - This series + dt-bindings (on top of linux-next)
>   - Only driver changes from [1] (for net-next)

No, because it would be against explicit documented rules in the kernel
and against clear guidelines and recent discussions within Qualcomm. I
wonder why did we have these long discussions about Shikra if only a few
people were listening and the rest will be repeating the same broken
process as before?

Best regards,
Krzysztof