From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brian Norris Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/7] ARM: dts: Add compatible property to "partitions" node Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:43:12 -0800 Message-ID: <20151214214312.GA86857@google.com> References: <1450120304-2760-1-git-send-email-geert+renesas@glider.be> <20151214194613.GA126731@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-sh-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Simon Horman , Magnus Damm , Sebastian Hesselbarth , Gregory Clement , Rob Herring , Linux-sh list , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , linux-mtd@vger.kernel.org, "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:20:19PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Brian Norris > wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 08:11:37PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >> As of commit e488ca9f8d4f62c2 ("doc: dt: mtd: partitions: add compatible > >> property to "partitions" node"), the "partitions" subnode of an SPI > >> FLASH device node must have a compatible property. The partitions are no > >> longer detected if it is not present. > > > > For all patches: > > > > Acked-by: Brian Norris > > > >> I marked this series as "RFC", as the abovementioned commit is not yet > >> upstream. Ideally, the users should be fixed first, to avoid breakage. > > It breaks bisectability in mainline. The files you are fixing are not converted in mainline yet, are they? > > I'd differ on the last sentence. It's more important to straighten out > > the release features for 4.4 than to make sure that linux-next has > > perfect DTS files. So I'll submit whenever ready :) > > If the DTS changes go in first, bisectability is preserved. Are you asking me to delay fixing the DT binding until 4.5, just because your for-next branches can't be fixed? IOW, you want me to release the bad DT binding for a whole cycle? Brian