Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/7] ARM: dts: Add compatible property to "partitions" node

[Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:20:19PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Brian Norris
> <computersforpeace@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 08:11:37PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> As of commit e488ca9f8d4f62c2 ("doc: dt: mtd: partitions: add compatible
> >> property to "partitions" node"), the "partitions" subnode of an SPI
> >> FLASH device node must have a compatible property. The partitions are no
> >> longer detected if it is not present.
> >
> > For all patches:
> >
> > Acked-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
> >
> >> I marked this series as "RFC", as the abovementioned commit is not yet
> >> upstream. Ideally, the users should be fixed first, to avoid breakage.
> 
> It breaks bisectability in mainline.

The files you are fixing are not converted in mainline yet, are they?

> > I'd differ on the last sentence. It's more important to straighten out
> > the release features for 4.4 than to make sure that linux-next has
> > perfect DTS files. So I'll submit whenever ready :)
> 
> If the DTS changes go in first, bisectability is preserved.

Are you asking me to delay fixing the DT binding until 4.5, just because
your for-next branches can't be fixed? IOW, you want me to release the
bad DT binding for a whole cycle?

Brian