From: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/1] mtd: nand: Add a devicetree binding for ECC strength and ECC step size
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:08:48 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140211160847.GC24205@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20980858CB6D3A4BAE95CA194937D5E73EA6F815-yXqyApvAXouIQmiDNMet8wC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 03:49:24PM +0000, Gupta, Pekon wrote:
> Hi Ezequiel,
>
> >From: Ezequiel Garcia [mailto:ezequiel.garcia-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org]
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt
> >> index 03855c8..683a310 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt
> >> @@ -3,5 +3,9 @@
> >> - nand-ecc-mode : String, operation mode of the NAND ecc mode.
> >> Supported values are: "none", "soft", "hw", "hw_syndrome", "hw_oob_first",
> >> "soft_bch".
> >>
> Should nand-ecc-mode also be marked as <deprecated>, and but we continue
> supporting it in kernel code ?
No, I wouldn't deprecate them, as they're in use by the atmel-nand and
mxc-nand drivers.
> If yes, then what is the life-time of these <deprecated> bindings.
> I mean exactly how many kernel versions should
> continue support deprecated bindings ?
>
Well, if we ever decide to deprecate a DT binding, I'd say we must keep
backwards compatible forever. Yes, forever.
Or at least, until the last user dies or we can steal his board :-)
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Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-17 12:13 [RFC/PATCH 0/1] mtd: Add NAND ECC devicetree binding Ezequiel Garcia
[not found] ` <1389960820-18696-1-git-send-email-ezequiel.garcia-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-17 12:13 ` [RFC/PATCH 1/1] mtd: nand: Add a devicetree binding for ECC strength and ECC step size Ezequiel Garcia
[not found] ` <1389960820-18696-2-git-send-email-ezequiel.garcia-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-11 14:19 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-02-11 15:49 ` Gupta, Pekon
[not found] ` <20980858CB6D3A4BAE95CA194937D5E73EA6F815-yXqyApvAXouIQmiDNMet8wC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-11 15:56 ` Boris BREZILLON
2014-02-11 16:08 ` Ezequiel Garcia [this message]
2014-02-12 8:00 ` Brian Norris
2014-02-12 17:32 ` [RFC/PATCH 1/1] mtd: nand: Add a devicetree binding for ECC strength and ECC step sizeç Ezequiel Garcia
2014-01-17 17:58 ` [RFC/PATCH 0/1] mtd: Add NAND ECC devicetree binding Gupta, Pekon
[not found] ` <20980858CB6D3A4BAE95CA194937D5E73EA66555-yXqyApvAXouIQmiDNMet8wC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-17 20:33 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-01-20 6:21 ` Gupta, Pekon
[not found] ` <20980858CB6D3A4BAE95CA194937D5E73EA67E79-yXqyApvAXouIQmiDNMet8wC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-20 17:03 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2014-02-12 7:44 ` Brian Norris
2014-01-20 19:48 ` Brian Norris
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