Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] ARM: boards: protonic-mecsbc: Generalization

[David Jander <david@protonic.nl>]

On Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:24:25 +0100
Robin van der Gracht <robin.van.der.gracht@protonic.nl> wrote:

> Hello,
> This patch series makes changes to the existing protonic-mecsbc
> board support. These changes pave the way for supporting multiple
> simular products with the same board support code. We'll be adding
> products with a RK3562 chipset to the mecsbc board code. 
> For that we'll change the board name to be more generic: protonic-rk356x

Why not protonic-rk35xx or something even more generic? protonic-prtpuk is
already mainlined and the code is very similar to this branch. IMHO it should
also be merged. Q4/2026 the RK36xx family is being launched. We don't know yet
whether it will be sufficiently similar/compatible to warrant a hypothetical
protonic board to also be added here?

Best regards,

> Regards,
> Robin
> 
> Changes for v2:
>  - Squashed patches that added and fixed the late init call (5 and 8).
>  - Improved commit message of patch that adds the model specific init
>    function.
> 
> Robin van der Gracht (8):
>   ARM: boards: Rename protonic-mecsbc to protonic-rk356x
>   ARM: boards: protonic-rk356x: Remove VIN measurement
>   ARM: boards: protonic-rk356x: Use devicetree alias for saradc
>   ARM: boards: protonic-rk356x: Configure ADC and channels in model data
>   ARM: boards: protonic-rk356x: Move mecsbc code to model init function
>   ARM: boards: protonic-rk356x: Use rockchip_bbu_mmc_register
>   ARM: boards: protonic-rk356x: Move bbu setup to device late init
>   ARM: boards: protonic-rk356x: Read board serial and MAC address from
>     eMMC
> 
>  Documentation/boards/rk35xx.rst               |   2 +-
>  arch/arm/boards/Makefile                      |   2 +-
>  arch/arm/boards/protonic-mecsbc/board.c       | 180 -----------
>  .../Makefile                                  |   0
>  arch/arm/boards/protonic-rk356x/board.c       | 297 ++++++++++++++++++
>  .../lowlevel.c                                |   0
>  arch/arm/configs/rockchip_v8_defconfig        |   2 +-
>  arch/arm/dts/Makefile                         |   2 +-
>  arch/arm/dts/rk3568-mecsbc.dts                |   1 +
>  arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig                |   6 +-
>  images/Makefile.rockchip                      |   2 +-
>  11 files changed, 306 insertions(+), 188 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 arch/arm/boards/protonic-mecsbc/board.c
>  rename arch/arm/boards/{protonic-mecsbc => protonic-rk356x}/Makefile (100%)
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/boards/protonic-rk356x/board.c
>  rename arch/arm/boards/{protonic-mecsbc => protonic-rk356x}/lowlevel.c (100%)
> 



-- 
David Jander