From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
Cc: Hui Min Mina Chou <minachou@andestech.com>,
pjw@kernel.org, palmer@dabbelt.com, aou@eecs.berkeley.edu,
alex@ghiti.fr, geert+renesas@glider.be,
prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com, magnus.damm@gmail.com,
ben717@andestech.com, robh@kernel.org, krzk+dt@kernel.org,
conor+dt@kernel.org, jonathan.cameron@huawei.com,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org,
tim609@andestech.com, alex749@andestech.com, az70021@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] dt-bindings: cache: ax45mp-cache: rename ax45mp-cache to llcache
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:29:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260330-snagged-whiff-e56fc19963ee@spud> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c2a135eb-c8fa-47d6-b774-430ccc4fbda4@kernel.org>
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 03:00:41PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 30/03/2026 12:27, Hui Min Mina Chou wrote:
> > The AX45MP-specific cache binding is renamed to a generic Last Level
> > Cache (LLC) schema, as the driver now supports more Andes CPU cores
> > beyond just AX45MP.
> >
> > Updated compatible strings:
> > andestech,qilai-ax45mp-cache -> andestech,qilai-llcache
> > renesas,r9a07g043f-ax45mp-cache -> renesas,r9a07g043f-llcache
> > andestech,ax45mp-cache -> andestech,llcache
>
> Why? No explanations and that is clear ABI break.
Ye, I am not going to accept any compatible string renames for this
hardware. The break is too significant, since the devices *need* this to
function.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-30 15:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-30 10:27 [PATCH 0/7] refactor Andes cache driver for generic platform support Hui Min Mina Chou
2026-03-30 10:27 ` [PATCH 1/7] cache: ax45mp_cache: refactor cache driver for generic Andes " Hui Min Mina Chou
2026-03-30 13:01 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-03-30 15:54 ` Conor Dooley
2026-04-01 2:30 ` Mina Chou
2026-04-01 9:25 ` Conor Dooley
2026-03-30 10:27 ` [PATCH 2/7] cache: andes_llcache: refactor initialization and cache operations Hui Min Mina Chou
2026-03-30 13:02 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-03-30 15:23 ` Conor Dooley
2026-03-30 16:05 ` Conor Dooley
2026-03-31 8:31 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-03-30 10:27 ` [PATCH 3/7] cache: andes_llcache: improve performance of LLC operation Hui Min Mina Chou
2026-03-30 16:04 ` Conor Dooley
2026-03-30 10:27 ` [PATCH 4/7] cache: andes_llcache: centralize cache ops and use native WBINVAL Hui Min Mina Chou
2026-03-30 10:27 ` [PATCH 5/7] dt-bindings: cache: ax45mp-cache: rename ax45mp-cache to llcache Hui Min Mina Chou
2026-03-30 12:51 ` Rob Herring (Arm)
2026-03-30 13:00 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-03-30 15:29 ` Conor Dooley [this message]
2026-03-30 15:28 ` Conor Dooley
2026-03-30 10:27 ` [PATCH 6/7] dts: riscv: update cache compatible strings to LLC Hui Min Mina Chou
2026-03-30 13:03 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-03-30 10:27 ` [PATCH 7/7] MAINTAINERS: Add maintainers for Andes cache driver Hui Min Mina Chou
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