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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 01/12] tools lib traceevent: Convert remaining %p[fF]
 users to %p[sS]
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:26:21 -0400
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On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:18:44 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> > It's not just for the lastest kernel. We must maintain backward
> > compatibility here too. If there use to be a usage of this, then we
> > must keep it until the kernels are no longer used (perhaps 7 years?)  
> 
> That argues for not using "%pfw" at all for some number of years.
> 
> Perhaps the '%pfw' should be '%pnfw' for 'name' and 'fwnode'

  -ENOCOMPREHENSION

-- Steve