Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] dt-bindings: input: gt7986u-spifw: Remove hid-report-addr property

[Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 08:03:11PM +0800, Charles Wang wrote:
> Since all boards use the same address, drop the goodix,hid-report-addr
> property and hardcode it in the driver as a default value.

Where's the driver change?

I don't see the point in defining this and then removing it in the next 
patch.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Charles Wang <charles.goodix@gmail.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/input/goodix,gt7986u-spifw.yaml    | 7 -------
>  1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/goodix,gt7986u-spifw.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/goodix,gt7986u-spifw.yaml
> index 8105b9ce2..c9e346a60 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/goodix,gt7986u-spifw.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/goodix,gt7986u-spifw.yaml
> @@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ properties:
>    reset-gpios:
>      maxItems: 1
>  
> -  goodix,hid-report-addr:
> -    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> -    description:
> -      The register address for retrieving HID report data.
> -
>    spi-max-frequency: true
>  
>  required:
> @@ -48,7 +43,6 @@ required:
>    - reg
>    - interrupts
>    - reset-gpios
> -  - goodix,hid-report-addr

Dropping a required property is an ABI break.

A devicetree that passes with the schema will not work on current 
kernels that require this property.

>  
>  unevaluatedProperties: false
>  
> @@ -68,7 +62,6 @@ examples:
>          interrupts = <25 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
>          reset-gpios = <&gpio1 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
>          spi-max-frequency = <10000000>;
> -        goodix,hid-report-addr = <0x22c8c>;
>        };
>      };
>  
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>