From: moinejf@free.fr (Jean-Francois Moine)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] drm/i2c: tda998x: Change the compatible strings
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:19:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140323111903.51c73c82@armhf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <532C40B0.3000805@gmail.com>
On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:37:52 +0100
Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Required properties;
> > - - compatible: must be "nxp,tda998x"
> > + - compatible: may be "nxp,tda9989", "nxp,tda19988" or "nxp,tda19989"
>
> There is a "DT is ABI" policy and although there is no mainline Linux
> user of current compatible, the correct way would be to deprecate
> "nxp,tda998x" and introduce new compatibles.
Pratically, what is this way?
--
Ken ar c'henta? | ** Breizh ha Linux atav! **
Jef | http://moinejf.free.fr/
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From: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
To: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i2c: tda998x: Change the compatible strings
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:19:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140323111903.51c73c82@armhf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <532C40B0.3000805@gmail.com>
On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:37:52 +0100
Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Required properties;
> > - - compatible: must be "nxp,tda998x"
> > + - compatible: may be "nxp,tda9989", "nxp,tda19988" or "nxp,tda19989"
>
> There is a "DT is ABI" policy and although there is no mainline Linux
> user of current compatible, the correct way would be to deprecate
> "nxp,tda998x" and introduce new compatibles.
Pratically, what is this way?
--
Ken ar c'hentañ | ** Breizh ha Linux atav! **
Jef | http://moinejf.free.fr/
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From: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
To: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>
Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i2c: tda998x: Change the compatible strings
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:19:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140323111903.51c73c82@armhf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <532C40B0.3000805@gmail.com>
On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:37:52 +0100
Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Required properties;
> > - - compatible: must be "nxp,tda998x"
> > + - compatible: may be "nxp,tda9989", "nxp,tda19988" or "nxp,tda19989"
>
> There is a "DT is ABI" policy and although there is no mainline Linux
> user of current compatible, the correct way would be to deprecate
> "nxp,tda998x" and introduce new compatibles.
Pratically, what is this way?
--
Ken ar c'hentañ | ** Breizh ha Linux atav! **
Jef | http://moinejf.free.fr/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-23 10:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-21 10:55 [PATCH v2] drm/i2c: tda998x: Change the compatible strings Jean-Francois Moine
2014-03-21 10:55 ` Jean-Francois Moine
2014-03-21 10:55 ` Jean-Francois Moine
2014-03-21 13:37 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-21 13:37 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-21 13:37 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-23 10:19 ` Jean-Francois Moine [this message]
2014-03-23 10:19 ` Jean-Francois Moine
2014-03-23 10:19 ` Jean-Francois Moine
2014-03-23 18:12 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-23 18:12 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-23 18:12 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-23 20:03 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-03-23 20:03 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-03-23 20:03 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-03-23 22:44 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-23 22:44 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
2014-03-23 22:44 ` Sebastian Hesselbarth
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