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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 05/11] dt-bindings: mailbox: qcom: Allow syscon on qcom,msm8976-apcs-kpss-global
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On 16/11/2022 09:52, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
> Il 15/11/22 17:44, Krzysztof Kozlowski ha scritto:
>> On 11/11/2022 13:01, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote:
>>> MSM8976 supports SMSM, which needs this node to also be a syscon:
>>> move the compatible to allow that.
>>>
>>> Fixes: bcc8d70f912d ("dt-bindings: mailbox: Add compatible for the MSM8976")
>>
>> I am not sure if this is still a bug. Maybe just a missing feature?
>>
>
> This changes how you use this mailbox across the entire devicetree (as other
> nodes will not use mboxes = xxxx, but qcom,ipc = xxxx as syscon), so I think
> that this is not a missing feature?

Whether it is a bug depends on existing usage. If none of msm8976 DTSes
use it the other way, then it is just incomplete or missing support. Not
a bug. If existing DTSes use it as syscon, thus you need to add syscon
to compatible, then it would be a bugfix.

Best regards,
Krzysztof

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