Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: bcm283x: Remove bcm2835-rpi-common.dtsi from SoC DTSI

[Florian Fainelli]

On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:17:38 +0200, maxime@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> According to the commit log of the commit 3ac395a5b3f3 ("ARM: dts:
> bcm283x: Use firmware PM driver for V3D"), the initial intent behind the
> bcm2835-rpi-common DTSI was to share data between the RaspberryPies
> based on the BCM2835, 36 and 37.
> 
> However, it was included by these SoCs' main DTSI. This is creating an
> improper layering.
> 
> On top of that, bcm2835.dtsi is being included by bcm2711.dtsi, which
> means that, even though the bcm2835-rpi-common DTSI wasn't actually
> meant to contain data for the BCM2711, it actually leaks into the
> BCM2711 DTSI.
> 
> In order to remove both issues, let's remove the include of
> bcm2835-rpi-common.dtsi from bcm283{5-7}.dtsi and put them into the
> bcm283{6,7}-rpi.dtsi.
> 
> BCM2835 has to be handled with special care due to the fact that
> bcm2835.dtsi is being included by bcm2711.dtsi. Thus, we chose to
> include bcm2835-rpi-common.dtsi directly into the board DTS. This will
> be more error-prone, but given that it's a fairly old SoC by now, the
> chance that we will get more BCM2835 boards is fairly low.
> 
> BCM2711 isn't modified since the content of bcm2835-rpi-common.dtsi was
> only a power-domain for the v3d that was overridden anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Applied to https://github.com/Broadcom/stblinux/commits/devicetree/next, thanks!
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Florian