Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] arm64: dts: ls1043a-qds: switch to new fixed-link binding

[Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>]

On 8/30/2025 11:27 PM, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 12:27:23PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> The old array-type fixed-link binding has been deprecated
>> for more than 10 yrs. Switch to the new binding.
> 
> ... and the fact we have device trees that use it today means that we
> can't remove support for it from the kernel.
> 
After this series there is no in-tree user of the old binding any longer.
So why shouldn't we remove support for the old binding?
Do you think of out-of-tree users, or of new dts files using the
old binding?

> I think it would make sense to update the dts files, and add a noisy
> warning when we detect that it's being used to prevent future usage.
> 

The old binding is marked deprecated in the schema, not sure whether
this results in any warning.

  fixed-link:
    oneOf:
      - $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
        deprecated: true