From: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@suse.com>
To: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>,
Charles Mirabile <cmirabil@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@gmail.com>,
Serge Schneider <serge@raspberrypi.org>,
Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com>,
Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nicolassaenzj@gmail.com>,
linux-rpi-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, rh-kdlp@googlegroups.com,
Joel Savitz <jsavitz@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] DO NOT MERGE: full sensehat device tree overlay for raspberry pi 4
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 12:52:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44cc479c-c90b-0197-6903-5b4b4b52fe08@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yxa135HNrFztZe3F@debian.me>
On 06/09/2022 04:52, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 01:41:58PM -0400, Charles Mirabile wrote:
>> This patch shold not be merged - dtbs files are not stored in the
>> kernel tree. We just provide this file so the code can be tested.
>>
>
> Hmm, if this is DO NOT MERGE patch due to build artifacts (in this case
> dtbs), then how testing of this driver can be done with just DT source
> (like other drivers)? Does providing custom overlay needed for testing
> it?
>
As it's a extension board to the RaspberryPi the DTs are not included into the
Linux kernel. Instead an overlay is build which can be loaded to the base DT via
a special mechanism of the RPi FW.
Adding this file helps anybody who wants to test the drivers to do so without
any hustle.
Regards,
Matthias
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-06 10:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-23 17:41 [PATCH v10 0/6] Raspberry Pi Sense HAT driver Charles Mirabile
2022-08-23 17:41 ` [PATCH 1/5] drivers/mfd: sensehat: Add Raspberry Pi Sense HAT to simple_mfd_i2c Charles Mirabile
2022-09-05 13:58 ` Lee Jones
2022-09-06 2:28 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2022-08-23 17:41 ` [PATCH 2/5] drivers/auxdisplay: sensehat: Raspberry Pi Sense HAT display driver Charles Mirabile
2022-08-24 11:26 ` Matthias Brugger
2022-09-06 2:31 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2022-09-08 15:26 ` Wander Lairson Costa
2022-08-23 17:41 ` [PATCH 3/5] dt-bindings: mfd: sensehat: Add Raspberry Pi Sense HAT schema Charles Mirabile
2022-08-24 12:13 ` Matthias Brugger
2022-09-06 2:47 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2022-08-23 17:41 ` [PATCH 4/5] MAINTAINERS: Add sensehat driver authors to MAINTAINERS Charles Mirabile
2022-09-06 2:48 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2022-08-23 17:41 ` [PATCH 5/5] DO NOT MERGE: full sensehat device tree overlay for raspberry pi 4 Charles Mirabile
2022-09-06 2:52 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2022-09-06 10:52 ` Matthias Brugger [this message]
2022-08-23 21:30 ` [PATCH v10 0/6] Raspberry Pi Sense HAT driver Stefan Wahren
2022-08-24 12:06 ` Charles Mirabile
2022-08-24 15:30 ` Maxime Ripard
2022-08-24 18:21 ` Stefan Wahren
2022-08-24 11:28 ` Matthias Brugger
2022-08-24 12:17 ` Charles Mirabile
2022-09-06 2:21 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2022-09-06 10:53 ` Matthias Brugger
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