Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] arm64: dts: broadcom: bcm2712-d-rpi-5-b: add compatible

Stefan Wahren <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 16:57:09 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.drivers.devicetree,gmane.linux.kernel.rpi,gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Gregor,

sorry for my late reply.

Am 04.08.26 um 15:13 schrieb Gregor Herburger:
> The bcm2712 found on the Raspberry Pi 5 is available in the d Stepping
> and in a c Stepping. There are two separate dts files. The
> bcm2712-rpi-5-b.dts for the c Stepping and the bcm2712-d-rpi-5-b.dts for
> the d Stepping. The d stepping does not set its own compatible/model
> string but uses "raspberrypi,5-model-b".
In case the SoC and not the board has a D stepping, why do just change 
the board compatible without the SoC compatible like "brcm,bcm2712-d0"?
>
> These two steppings are not compatible. Booting with the wrong dtb file
> causes a crash at boot.
This sounds like the patch should have a fixes tag?
>
> Add a compatibles string "raspberrypi,5-model-b-d0" to allow us to
> distinguish between those two steppings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gregor Herburger <[email protected]>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-d-rpi-5-b.dts | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-d-rpi-5-b.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-d-rpi-5-b.dts
> index 127be0fc27c22..5a86ad69645c3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-d-rpi-5-b.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712-d-rpi-5-b.dts
> @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
>   
>   #include "bcm2712-rpi-5-b.dts"
>   
> +/ {
> +	compatible = "raspberrypi,5-model-b-d0", "brcm,bcm2712";
> +	model = "Raspberry Pi 5 d0 Stepping";
> +};
> +
>   &gio_aon {
>   	brcm,gpio-bank-widths = <15 6>;
>   
>