From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:06:30 +1000 From: David Gibson To: Jon Loeliger Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] DTC: Remove support for the legacy DTS source file format. Message-ID: <20080816050630.GA12072@yookeroo.seuss> References: <20080815002936.GA9877@yookeroo.seuss> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, devicetree-discuss@ozlabs.org, Timur Tabi List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:44:33AM -0500, Jon Loeliger wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:29 PM, David Gibson > > wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 06:02:43PM -0500, Jon Loeliger wrote: > > >> Now that all in-kernel-tree DTS files are properly /dts-v1/, > > >> remove direct support for the older, un-numbered DTS > > >> source file format. > > > > > > Um.. why? I just don't see a compelling reason to remove this > > > backwards compatibility. It costs us very little to keep it around > > > indefinitely. > > Because we are going to get rid of the cruft, simplify things, > and move forward. Really. This was the plan from the onset. Uh.. removing compatibility for the old format was never part of *my* plan for the change. Discourage any further use of the v0 format, yes, remove support for, no. I just don't see a benefit to this. -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson