Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] dt-bindings: thermal: sun8i: Add A523 THS0/1 controllers

[Mikhail Kalashnikov]

On 9/24/26 23:17, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 10:55:23PM +0800, Mikhail Kalashnikov wrote:
> > From: Mikhail Kalashnikov <iuncuim@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add dt-bindings description of the thermal sensors in the A523 processor.
> >
> > The calibration data for both thermal controllers (THS0, THS1) is split
> > across two nvmem cells at different offsets, requiring the two cells
> > to be read and merged. To maintain backward compatibility, the name of
> > the old cell remains "calibration" and the new cell is named
> > "calibration-second-part".
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mikhail Kalashnikov <iuncuim@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   .../thermal/allwinner,sun8i-a83t-ths.yaml     | 34 +++++++++++++++++--
> >   1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/allwinner,sun8i-a83t-ths.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/allwinner,sun8i-a83t-ths.yaml
> > index 3e61689f6..792081af5 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/allwinner,sun8i-a83t-ths.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/allwinner,sun8i-a83t-ths.yaml
> > @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ properties:
> >         - allwinner,sun50i-h5-ths
> >         - allwinner,sun50i-h6-ths
> >         - allwinner,sun50i-h616-ths
> > +      - allwinner,sun55i-a523-ths0
> > +      - allwinner,sun55i-a523-ths1
>
> Why the 2 compatibles? What's the difference between them?
>
> Surely this has been asked already, but nothing *in this patch* answers
> it.
English isn't my native language, and I don't quite understand what 
you're asking. It would be better if you just said, “I'd like the commit 
message (or somewhere else) explaining why two compatible string are 
required.”
Thank you.>
> Rob