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From: csd@broadcom.com (Christian Daudt)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 14:40:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH v2] ARM: DT: binding fixup to align with
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On 13-08-05 09:21 PM, Stephen Warren wrote:
>>>>    Required root node property:
>>>>    -compatible = "bcm,bcm11351";
>>>> +compatible = "brcm,bcm11351";
>>> In a patch of mine that deprecated a property, Mark wondered if it would
>>> make sense to mention the old deprecated DT content simply to document
>>> that it existed, so that old DTs would still make sense when checking
>>> the documentation. I wonder if the same argument applies to this patch?
>> I would think the opposite. Deprecated items should be dropped from
>> documentation. They are in the code (for a holdover period) but clearly
>> marked as deprecated. No one should be extending the life of these, and
>> adding documentation on it is a step in the wrong direction of making it
>> easier for it to linger beyond what it should.
> The deprecated stuff will have to be fully documented once the DT schema
> validation is in place...
>
This deprecated code should be short lived, given that in actual fact it 
is actually quite unnecessary since no boards exist that rely on it.

  thanks,
    csd