From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pandora.armlinux.org.uk (pandora.armlinux.org.uk [78.32.30.218]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DBA920E6F3; Sat, 30 Aug 2025 21:44:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=78.32.30.218 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1756590278; cv=none; b=j2wMFEW6Q9+LpSMaZCcVHYfrplVGp3trq8TbgkQepmAyz43VFeCrefXpHXUzlppXAa3R4rmgzwgHLsUoowpGL/TlutG5mm38l3pOQcGFPI7qbGushds1UPD2RcEfrl8uvC9rRFmABTwG4OyyXbQjC52ghG2m+7wVbgq67itMiUg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1756590278; c=relaxed/simple; bh=MsvKBCLCV+6KSSnIJPzayYM8MUkHtE7TV3nETYrXeiQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=EFCcDEZyaHXChUXEoJeW3gGp9Cll8kmlRcA82D63U9s4Px6kXIT7uLVE39trb8niD9x5ghDw9vbNXRMTO99VCChCe12vhnGOxmvxdTcZyNdrprGdiOxb9BYW/SJFJfGwDBwrg0cjbfNGNjQSZHgF3rSKBF/OIKM1fOferJ3Yc64= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=armlinux.org.uk; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=armlinux.org.uk; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=armlinux.org.uk header.i=@armlinux.org.uk header.b=ble5xxoL; arc=none smtp.client-ip=78.32.30.218 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=armlinux.org.uk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=armlinux.org.uk Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=armlinux.org.uk header.i=@armlinux.org.uk header.b="ble5xxoL" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=armlinux.org.uk; s=pandora-2019; h=Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=lGPDXnyGYW0XoDW4eruhlRzw1Pka3lDz/kJqkb3Hz1k=; b=ble5xxoLGxUvv/PLnLcgzkto+N QjyWij/EswwddxjEC0pKfxn9Mp72yHI9nXr4naY+HhD6S/DRkrHLFRfBtG5OCWL4c8W63HD89DLsl IQxx7brRWJM65yvz1Iim0TqugnYM/xtgAt1N6zAy+43B/iU5gxR54LLDFm51izL0RaeOmocWZyJzP gCrtgUvbpJIt3TN6q3o0ujHpVSKOeyqQjsODhYmKdMXX2qx5BkdJZ1A7SSco9Yv7jfsAsCR2lA+00 sluqE9cvgiHyK/S5wN/acApHVPY8cmkQr91/PyW1T5iK39KyefqMzJV4GIkgdG5lqvZg4S7WwNZ2m +QZlyZqQ==; Received: from shell.armlinux.org.uk ([fd8f:7570:feb6:1:5054:ff:fe00:4ec]:58744) by pandora.armlinux.org.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1usTN4-000000004U3-2172; Sat, 30 Aug 2025 22:44:26 +0100 Received: from linux by shell.armlinux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1usTN2-000000005QQ-1VSx; Sat, 30 Aug 2025 22:44:24 +0100 Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 22:44:24 +0100 From: "Russell King (Oracle)" To: Heiner Kallweit Cc: Shawn Guo , Rob Herring , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Conor Dooley , Patrice Chotard , Andrew Lunn , Andrew Lunn , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Eric Dumazet , David Miller , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] arm64: dts: ls1043a-qds: switch to new fixed-link binding Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: Russell King (Oracle) On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 11:39:58PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > On 8/30/2025 11:27 PM, Russell King (Oracle) wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 12:27:23PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > >> The old array-type fixed-link binding has been deprecated > >> for more than 10 yrs. Switch to the new binding. > > > > ... and the fact we have device trees that use it today means that we > > can't remove support for it from the kernel. > > > After this series there is no in-tree user of the old binding any longer. Doesn't matter. Please read Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst particularly the but about "newer kernel will not break on an older device tree". -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTP is here! 80Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!