From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] ARM: dts: Add compatible property to "partitions" node Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:21:29 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1450694033-27717-1-git-send-email-geert+renesas@glider.be> <20151222212350.GF30172@localhost> <87egedfmsm.fsf@free-electrons.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <87egedfmsm.fsf-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Olof Johansson , Gregory CLEMENT Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , "arm-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org" , Andrew Lunn , Sebastian Hesselbarth , Simon Horman , Magnus Damm , Ralf Baechle , Alex Smith , Brian Norris , Rob Herring , "devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org" , Linux-sh list , Linux MIPS Mailing List , MTD Maling List , "linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Hi Olof, Gregory, On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Gregory CLEMENT wrote: > On mar., d=C3=A9c. 22 2015, Olof Johansson wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 11:33:44AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >>> As of commit e488ca9f8d4f62c2 ("doc: dt: mtd: partitions: add compa= tible >>> property to "partitions" node"), which is in v4.4-rc6, the "partiti= ons" >>> subnode of an SPI FLASH device node must have a compatible property= =2E The >>> partitions are no longer detected if it is not present. >>> >>> However, several DTSes in -next have already been converted to the >>> "partitions" subnode without "compatible" property, introduced by >>> commits 5cfdedb7b9a0fe38 ("mtd: ofpart: move ofpart partitions to a >>> dedicated dt node") and fe2585e9c29a650a ("doc: dt: mtd: support >>> partitions in a special 'partitions' subnode"). Hence all of these = are >>> now broken in -next, and will be broken in upstream during the merg= e >>> window. >> >> So, if I understand this correctly, the partitions format was added = for v4.4, >> then this non-backwards compatible change was added in -rc6. But, th= ere were >> also DT files that had the new-for-v4.4 partitions nodes in them tha= t then >> stopped working in -rc6? > > At least for the mvebu dts, the change was added for v4.5 not > v4.4. Currently it is only in the next branches (and also in your > arm-soc tree in next/dt). The same is true for the shmobile changes: they are queued up for v4.5. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-= m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker= =2E But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something li= ke that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" i= n the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html