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charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Proofpoint-Spam-Info: AW1haW4tMjYwOTA4MDA3NCBTYWx0ZWRfX8M1gVni1lr7j dia3pR86vjWCQe0a082PRZ8qMG42O6x+iU60tSIicmxuFP0T3lh56CJe+gYcER5Mfn62H18qhFh fPedX6vXVoWU2B4Wcy+0c0IzwzX0s9g= X-Proofpoint-GUID: vRRnMhZ5Lejwanso8-q_HakiIOfEUSki X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=ObSoyBTY c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6a9fb802 cx=c_pps a=Qgeoaf8Lrialg5Z894R3/Q==:117 a=ZePRamnt/+rB5gQjfz0u9A==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=VdqzKS8jKosA:10 a=s4-Qcg_JpJYA:10 a=VkNPw1HP01LnGYTKEx00:22 a=u7WPNUs3qKkmUXheDGA7:22 a=Um2Pa8k9VHT-vaBCBUpS:22 a=enzuNw960j4ePshAGDsA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=x9snwWr2DeNwDh03kgHS:22 X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: vRRnMhZ5Lejwanso8-q_HakiIOfEUSki X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details-Enc: AW1haW4tMjYwOTA4MDA3NCBTYWx0ZWRfXyUuyuz698NeQ hGI33usTDbv+7YQFMxl81pyxluGnZkTe77Z0jE1FRaNrywp0kWjq/Ag7eL70Hkgku46CkIsMX8p jvncqodYyCz5OLHtmtYGaF/QO1g7PImtZlwBjOxQSseury1cCI0F0sBrtfBsN4yHk2Q8SWz66Bu ONKLE1OxNwx4lXuU4wiw4di9PXm52stP5jgMW9G5RnVgRIg7oM6HAm6b0iLGp+yzD6Q1aRUszZE pv+DeUI0DPvsg0I5s3UyoRFRimja0w2kfsu2I7eC9CfiX2Vt9xqey9t3EeAt2TZv7NsQCc0vHNh gBPuYlzK/BndC4UFYqw6iZYe7Du2Psk4a4DprIGBhWerEAUnsoRpGiAqMBTAGeRiYsTacPcUJef PCNSJSWDTfk5cOH2i1trs1xnWJX6aN8FDM6x7BvxKa2mIcdHmenk6afrJEybeswNP2A3o0COMBs Ae8edUrXGnrB+Wl02Eg== X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.293,Aquarius:18.0.1176,Hydra:6.1.134,FMLib:17.12.100.49 definitions=2026-09-08_01,2026-09-07_01,2025-10-01_01 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 suspectscore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 impostorscore=0 adultscore=0 phishscore=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 clxscore=1015 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 classifier=typeunknown authscore=0 authtc= authcc= route=outbound adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.22.0-2606150000 definitions=main-2609080074 On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 09:14:45AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On 08/09/2026 09:04, Mohd Ayaan Anwar wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 08:56:39AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > >> On 08/09/2026 08:23, Mohd Ayaan Anwar wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> This preliminary series adds the DTS changes required to enable > >>> Ethernet on the Qualcomm Shikra CQM, CQS, and IQS EVKs. > >> > >> What is "PRELIMINARY" patch in upstream? Where is this process > >> documented or expressed? > >> > > > > My apologies. The code is ready, and I was hoping that sharing the DTS > > changes would make reviewing the driver and dt-bindings a bit easier. > > The original RFC had them together, and I split it out for net-next > > and linux-next. > > Yeah, but why calling it completely different than every other patchset? > Why coming with different style? Why this cannot be RFC? Agreed. In hindsight, this should probably have been an RFC v2. I saw some recent series using a PRELIMINARY tag, but I see that its ultimately just an RFC. > > > > > The only reason I added a PRELIMINARY tag was because these DTS changes > > should go in after the driver changes and dt-bindings. > > > > DTS cannot go after the driver changes. If that is your requirement, > then original work is broken and needs to be fixed. > I should have worded it better. I am only worried about the dt-bindings going in before this DTS. The driver changes just add support for whatever we are desribing in this series, they can go in after dt-bindings and DTS without any issues. Ayaan