From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Timur Tabi Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: fsl_ssi: Remove unneeded 'i2s-slave' property Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:49:18 -0500 Message-ID: <541CC0FE.7050600@tabi.org> References: <1411063877-1552-1-git-send-email-fabio.estevam@freescale.com> <20140918183251.GE6432@Asurada> <541B2678.8000401@tabi.org> <1411065995187.3341@freescale.com> <20140918194342.GA3173@Alpha> <541B78EC.5050702@tabi.org> <20140919041749.GA5840@Asurada> <541C26E2.4060605@tabi.org> <20140919172438.GA1736@Asurada> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from muin.pair.com (muin.pair.com [209.68.1.55]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BB4D26535F for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2014 01:49:22 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20140919172438.GA1736@Asurada> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: Nicolin Chen Cc: "Fabio.Estevam@freescale.com" , "Li.Xiubo@freescale.com" , "alsa-devel@alsa-project.org" , "broonie@kernel.org" List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Nicolin Chen wrote: > I thought only the backward compatibility for DT is demanded..... I have higher standards :-) > But I still don't get why people would use new DT without updating > kernel. It's pretty fair to use old DT with newer kernel because > they want bug-fix patches. The device tree is shipped with the kernel, so some people say that backwards compatibility is not needed anywhere. I think it's important to provide backwards compatibility both ways. I generally prefer some kind of transition period, where you can use new or old kernel with a new or old device tree. However, let me look at Fabio's patches some more.