From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thierry Reding Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [RFC] of: Allow for experimental device tree bindings Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:56:04 +0200 Message-ID: <20131023185603.GB7863@ulmo.nvidia.com> References: <1382540779-6334-1-git-send-email-treding@nvidia.com> <1382544332.8522.40.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <20131023165512.GB22394@roeck-us.net> <1382547916.8522.42.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1382547916.8522.42.camel-Fexsq3y4057IgHVZqg5X0TlWvGAXklZc@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: David Woodhouse Cc: Guenter Roeck , devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, ksummit-2013-discuss-cunTk1MwBs98uUxBSJOaYoYkZiVZrdSR2LY78lusg7I@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 06:05:16PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Wed, 2013-10-23 at 09:55 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > >=20 > > So to avoid tainting the kernel and clogging the kernel log I'll have > > to remove all the "!" from the dt sources, or not use any "!" in the > > dt bindings in the first place. Given that, not sure if anyone will > > really use this mechanism. And CONFIG_OF_EXPERIMENTAL/CONFIG_UNSTABLE_DT > > might have the same ultimate fate as CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL. >=20 > It's not as if it's hard for you to patch out the check if you really > want to do that. This is about making it clear to people what they > should expect if they use staging code/bindings.=20 I agree. The kernel is open source, so people are free to patch it in any way they want. The best we can do is to come up with a good solution in an upstream kernel. But there's no way we can control things beyond that, and we don't have to. Thierry --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSaBvDAAoJEN0jrNd/PrOh6nAQAKIUdXf5fDVNOZSk2xaZG74r HV2Qhmk2CbHUyhcmRR6ItCV6eOfrFboCJgv61KEKJXju1vzW1+3bWXgW6FHgv+IQ 2iN/x55YsILchO2h3A2dYST8LEcDr/gZBgqrVUeCvPfXEWK/34/9RB1gkdIxTSr+ dCHvhtPkUDdzh38eHdQFI6ch0PWnoLu3gst6X8IdbJ1aGdndUoM/pAeHR9xGAwpA i5Db/d6hQhbV3f1iTlNDnb9iEuxsmLaPmzupSmANnqC6HL4255W25ySlYDuM8Msq zORT8KSeZuBcI33aFUZ7OaktMxJvhRM7AHU+ZQBUBpar3NUWR77RDxw7zhQrZHef /EE8ss9p73tBsV6kxRmGaOdQKALa5nS+4MyANSO9JNfhoE/TRuv/I9eDZu52PobW X3YNYSOI3RADbRaisbRzXZGbI0PZDTXTwgPKVM5dISDoC1cMXAuqBlzqWVYejb6y Pu/2VaAkf6bHFT4xDOLU4ObtGI2x7H2ApasSPttXukLCEcEmRarW4d/Vu3uokrUg EYdQYWM+Q+dGD43FbuUyU/vKrcTBU4c07iH39YHM6czeF+3rnUNW3klCf3b5YiCH v5TgwNeblLFnSOjZSaAxFQXssOMM/8y5rOdY6Hx3dffkMZiIiYzfuQzzFb3wqrA3 oMgvbEQTbEYGfycsk4Z+ =proh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html