Re: [PATCH 8/8] MIPS: DTS: Ingenic: Add support for the JZ4755 SoC

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/10/2022 16:00, Siarhei Volkau wrote:
>> How do you build it? How do you test it? It's basically non-compillable,
>> dead code. You need a board.
> 
> I tested it on a Ritmix RZX-50 handheld, 

You cannot, there is no such DTS.

> although this patchset doesn't
> include it as it requires many other changes to be fully functional.

Exactly.

> I decided to do this in two steps: add platform first (this patchset) then
> specific drivers and quirks, in the next patchset, when this one passes.
> 
> Of course I can add machine's dts with working parts. What's the usual way?

Don't add dead code to the kernel, so DTSI comes with DTS.

Best regards,
Krzysztof