Re: [PATCH v9 2/6] platform: arm64: Add driver for EC found on Qualcomm reference devices

From: Dmitry Baryshkov

Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 10:34:32 EST


On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 03:07:42PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> On Tue, 12 May 2026, Anvesh Jain P wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On 5/11/2026 7:40 PM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> > > On Mon, 11 May 2026, Anvesh Jain P wrote:
> > >
> > >> From: Sibi Sankar <sibi.sankar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>
> > >> Add Embedded controller driver support for Hamoa/Purwa/Glymur qualcomm
> > >> reference boards. It handles fan control, temperature sensors, access
> > >> to EC state changes and supports reporting suspend entry/exit to the
> > >> EC.
> > >>
> > >> Co-developed-by: Maya Matuszczyk <maccraft123mc@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Maya Matuszczyk <maccraft123mc@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Sibi Sankar <sibi.sankar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Acked-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Tested-by: Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Co-developed-by: Anvesh Jain P <anvesh.p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Anvesh Jain P <anvesh.p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Thanks for the update.
> > >
> > > Patch 2 applied to the review-ilpo-next branch.
> > >
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Will you be taking care of merging the bindings changes (patch 1/6) as well?
>
> If the bindings and dts changes go separate ways, DT linters won't be
> happy so the bindings and dts changes should go in through the same tree.
>
> As such, I only too the platform drivers patch. All this should come
> together in linux-next once all patches are in some tree (and obviously
> eventually in Linus' tree as well).

I think it's more typical to take bindings together with the driver.
Consider a more generic case of the bindings describing a PMIC or some
other common device which gets used by two different kinds of platforms.
Which of the DT users will pick the bindings?

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With best wishes
Dmitry