From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: richardcochran@gmail.com (Richard Cochran) Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:35:46 +0200 Subject: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] DT bindings as ABI [was: Do we have people interested in device tree janitoring / cleanup?] In-Reply-To: References: <20130725175702.GC22291@e106331-lin.cambridge.arm.com> <1416484.XDfk5G56BI@flatron> <20130728131901.GA8864@netboy> <2529481.u8xHuXumcd@flatron> Message-ID: <20130728153546.GB5224@netboy> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:09:57AM -0400, jonsmirl at gmail.com wrote: > > 3.z kernel is free to alter the schema. But it will have to supply the > necessary quirks needed to keep those old dtb's functioning. The quirks idea sounds okay to me, if it can really provide forward compatibility. In practice, I doubt anyone will really spend the effort to make this work. I think it would be much easier to make sure the bindings are "future proof" in the first place. Thanks, Richard