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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:16:03 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
To: Yu-Che Hsieh <yc_hsieh@aspeedtech.com>
Cc: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>, 
	Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>, Andrew Jeffery <andrew@codeconstruct.com.au>, 
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	Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, 
	linux-aspeed@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 
	openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net, jammy_huang@aspeedtech.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: mfd: aspeed-lpc: Document lpcN alias
 for multi-instance SoCs
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References: <20260813-upstream_kcs_multiple_lpc-v2-0-775b1db3fe95@aspeedtech.com>
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On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 02:42:31PM +0800, Yu-Che Hsieh wrote:
> Some SoCs (e.g. AST2700) expose more than one physical LPC controller
> instance. Downstream devices such as KCS channels need a stable,

We do not care about downstream devices.

> globally-unique index derived from which LPC controller instance they
> belong to, so document the "lpcN" alias convention on the LPC

New aliases are generally not accepted and if your reason is
"downstream", then answer is simple:

NAK

Best regards,
Krzysztof