From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: andrew@lunn.ch (Andrew Lunn) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 03:20:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: dts: orion5x: add mtd flash support to linkstation lswtgl In-Reply-To: References: <1453907405-30434-1-git-send-email-rogershimizu@gmail.com> <20160127173231.GI20194@lunn.ch> Message-ID: <20160202022035.GC12673@lunn.ch> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org > I find "Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt" is quite > new and was just updated in kernel 4.4. > So I tried "linux-image-4.4.0-trunk-orion5x" in Debian experimental > repo, YES, with my updated dts, the MTD goes back to work as > partitioned as before. > > In this way, if I write dts for partition like this, user cannot > simply take dtb from kernel 4.4/4.5 to their stable kernel (such as > Debian Jessie's 3.16-ckt series). > For some advanced functionality, this kind of non-backport capable > change is deserved; but for partitions IMHO it doesn't deserve, > especially for a device/platform existing for more than 5 years. > > What do you think? Since this might be used with older Debian kernel, skipping the partitions subnode is O.K. for me. Andrew