From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann) Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 20:28:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: dts: fix MMC2 regulators for Exynos5420 Arndale Octa board In-Reply-To: References: <2750153.I3nVqzmXTP@amdc1032> <1998495.eXa2FjeVGo@wuerfel> Message-ID: <1819182.VPTrtc9d2P@wuerfel> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wednesday 08 October 2014 08:29:16 Doug Anderson wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > Why does it cause a regression though? Does this mean you are breaking > > any boot with an old DT file and a new kernel? That would be very > > bad, the driver is supposed to keep working with an existing dtb. > > The old dts file specified completely the wrong regulator. It > happened that the old code didn't really care, but when the code was > fixed to care then things broke. If we need to keep old dts files > working then the most sensible place to do it would be in a "fixup old > broken device trees" stage somewhere in kernel boot. Ok, got it. I guess it's better to apply this one first then. Arnd