Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: imx6qdl: make VAR-SOM SoM SoC-agnostic

[Stefan Prisacariu <stefan.prisacariu@prevas.dk>]

Hi Frank,

Please let me know if you want me to sent again this patch:

- with the simpler commit message

- add a cover letter to move the extra information

- keep the /dts-v1/; inside the .dtsi


Thank you,

Stefan


On 26/09/2025 11.31, Stefan Prisacariu wrote:
>
> On 26/09/2025 00.21, Frank Li wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:49:40PM +0200, stefan.prisacariu@prevas.dk 
>> wrote:
>>> From: Stefan Prisacariu <stefan.prisacariu@prevas.dk>
>>>
>>> Make SoM .dtsi SoC-agnostic by moving SoC include to board level
>>>
>>> imx6qdl-var-som.dtsi currently includes imx6q.dtsi, which makes this 
>>> SoM
>>> description Quad/Dual specific and prevents reuse from i.MX6DL boards.
>>>
>>> Move the SoC selection to the board level:
>>>   - Drop the imx6q.dtsi include from the SoM .dtsi.
>>>   - Add imx6q.dtsi include to imx6q-var-mx6customboard.dts.
>> move imx6q.dtsi from imx6qdl-var-som.dtsi to 
>> imx6q-var-mx6customboard.dts.
>>
>>> This keeps the SoM .dtsi SoC-agnostic (it already relies on 
>>> imx6qdl.dtsi
>>> for family-common parts) and allows boards using the DualLite or 
>>> Solo to
>>> include imx6dl.dtsi instead.
>>>
>>> Why this is needed:
>>> I need to reuse imx6qdl-var-som.dtsi for a board based on i.MX6DL
>>> (VAR-SOM SoM + custom carrier). Without this change, the SoM .dtsi
>>> forces imx6q.dtsi, which is incorrect for DL and breaks the layering
>>> model used upstream.
>> Can use simple words
>>
>> To reuse imx6qdl-var-som.dtsi on i.MX6DL board.
>>
>>> Verification:
>>> The DTB for imx6q-var-mx6customboard was rebuilt before and after this
>>> change. Both the binary DTB and the decompiled DTS
>>> (via dtc -I dtb -O dts -s) are identical, confirming no functional 
>>> change
>>> for the existing board.
>> Needn't this section (good place for these informaiton is cover letter).
>>
>>> Alignment:
>>> This also aligns the layering with how it is already done for
>>> imx6q-var-dt6customboard.dts, where the SoC include is handled at the
>>> board level.
>> Needn't this section
>>
>>> No functional changes for imx6q-var-mx6customboard are intended.
>> good
>>
>>> Files were introduced in:
>>> commit e5c810848d2a ("ARM: dts: imx6qdl: Add Variscite VAR-SOM-MX6
>>> SoM support")
>>> commit a5b59a3f41bd ("ARM: dts: imx6q: Add Variscite MX6 Custom board
>>> support")
>> Needn't this section.
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Prisacariu <stefan.prisacariu@prevas.dk>
>>> ---
>>>   arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-var-mx6customboard.dts | 1 +
>>>   arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qdl-var-som.dtsi         | 3 ---
>>>   2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-var-mx6customboard.dts 
>>> b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-var-mx6customboard.dts
>>> index 18a620832a2a..a55644529c67 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-var-mx6customboard.dts
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-var-mx6customboard.dts
>>> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
>>>
>>>   /dts-v1/;
>>>
>>> +#include "imx6q.dtsi"
>>>   #include "imx6qdl-var-som.dtsi"
>>>   #include <dt-bindings/pwm/pwm.h>
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qdl-var-som.dtsi 
>>> b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qdl-var-som.dtsi
>>> index 59833e8d11d8..51bcaf04546b 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qdl-var-som.dtsi
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6qdl-var-som.dtsi
>>> @@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
>>>    * Copyright 2022 Bootlin
>>>    */
>>>
>>> -/dts-v1/;
>> why drop this line.
>
> As far as I know this line should be present in the dts not dtsi files,
> also this will remove the requirement to have this dtsi file first 
> included in
> the dts files
>
> Stefan
>
>>
>> Frank
>>> -
>>> -#include "imx6q.dtsi"
>>>   #include <dt-bindings/clock/imx6qdl-clock.h>
>>>   #include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
>>>   #include <dt-bindings/sound/fsl-imx-audmux.h>
>>>
>>> base-commit: 8f5ff9784f3262e6e85c68d86f8b7931827f2983
>>> -- 
>>> 2.49.1
>>>