Re: [PATCH 0/7] arm64: dts: qcom: IdeaCentre Mini 01Q8X10 Hamoa + Purwa

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski

Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 08:02:07 EST


On 08/09/2026 13:02, Mostafa Saleh wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 11:57:33AM +0200, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> On 9/8/26 11:11 AM, Mostafa Saleh wrote:
>>> On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 11:05:34AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> On 08/09/2026 11:03, Mostafa Saleh wrote:
>>>>> Hi Jens,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Sep 05, 2026 at 11:28:55AM +0200, Jens Glathe via B4 Relay wrote:
>>>>>> The IdeaCentre Mini 01Q8X10 (board 91B6) ships with two SoCs: Hamoa
>>>>>> (X1E80100), already upstream, and Purwa (X1P42100 / X1-26-100). Same
>>>>>> chassis, different silicon. Stubble and the DTB loader need distinct
>>>>>> compatibles.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>>>> base-commit: af5f12805e5cefa4fe68d6127c7e1fb78cd5535c
>>>>>
>>>>> This series does not apply to ToT nor I can find this base-commit
>>>>> in it.
>>>>
>>>> It's a public/standard commit, next.
>>>>
>>>> What is ToT in upstream development?
>>>
>>> I am using Linus's Tree:
>>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/
>>
>> This tree contains the latest release/rc tags, linux-next is an
>> aggreagation of each submaintainers' branches, effectively "what is
>> the next release going to look like" so essentially that's where the
>> development happens
>
> AFAIU, linux-next is useful to get a view of the next release. However,
> it shouldn't be used for developement. It should be either Linus's tree
> or the maintainer's tree (as mentioned in process/submitting-patches)

So every developer gets it wrong, damn it...

Best regards,
Krzysztof