From: Andrew Lunn <andrew-g2DYL2Zd6BY@public.gmane.org>
To: Sergei Shtylyov
<sergei.shtylyov-M4DtvfQ/ZS1MRgGoP+s0PdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
Cc: nicolas.ferre-AIFe0yeh4nAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFT 2/2] macb: kill PHY reset code
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 20:51:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160411185115.GA30623@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <570BEF46.7060105-M4DtvfQ/ZS1MRgGoP+s0PdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 09:39:02PM +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> On 04/11/2016 09:19 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>
> >>>The code you are deleting would of ignored the flags in the gpio
> >>>property, i.e. active low.
> >>
> >> Hm, you're right -- I forgot about that... :-/
> >>
> >>>The new code in the previous patch does
> >>>however take the flags into account. Did you check if there are any
> >>>device trees which have flags, which were never used, but are now
> >>>going to be used and thus break...
> >>
> >> Checked this now and found out arch/arm/boot/dts/ar91-vinco.dts.
> >>Looks like it needs to be fixed indeed...
> >>
> >And this is where it gets tricky. You are breaking backwards
> >compatibility by now respecting the flag. An old DT blob is not going
> >to work.
>
> Do we care that much about the DT blobs that are just *wrong*?
Wrong, but currently works.
> >You potentially need to add a new property and deprecate the old one.
>
> I would like to avoid that...
You will need the agreement from the at91-vinco maintainer.
Andrew
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Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-08 22:21 [PATCH RFT 0/2] Teach phylib hard-resetting devices Sergei Shtylyov
2016-04-08 22:22 ` [PATCH RFT 1/2] phylib: add device reset GPIO support Sergei Shtylyov
2016-04-11 19:25 ` Rob Herring
2016-04-11 19:28 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-04-11 22:46 ` Rob Herring
2016-04-08 22:25 ` [PATCH RFT 2/2] macb: kill PHY reset code Sergei Shtylyov
2016-04-11 2:28 ` Andrew Lunn
2016-04-11 17:41 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-04-11 18:19 ` Andrew Lunn
2016-04-11 18:39 ` Sergei Shtylyov
[not found] ` <570BEF46.7060105-M4DtvfQ/ZS1MRgGoP+s0PdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2016-04-11 18:51 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
[not found] ` <20160411185115.GA30623-g2DYL2Zd6BY@public.gmane.org>
2016-04-11 19:01 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-04-26 10:24 ` [PATCH] ARM: dts: at91: VInCo: fix phy reset gpio flag Nicolas Ferre
2016-04-26 17:17 ` David Miller
2016-04-26 18:27 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-04-27 7:15 ` Nicolas Ferre
2016-04-26 18:25 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-04-12 9:23 ` [PATCH RFT 2/2] macb: kill PHY reset code Nicolas Ferre
2016-04-12 9:22 ` Nicolas Ferre
2016-04-12 13:40 ` Andrew Lunn
2016-04-12 14:45 ` Nicolas Ferre
2016-04-12 13:54 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-04-12 14:57 ` Nicolas Ferre
2016-04-28 22:12 ` [PATCH RFT 1/2] phylib: add device reset GPIO support Sergei Shtylyov
2016-05-03 17:03 ` Rob Herring
2016-05-10 18:32 ` Florian Fainelli
[not found] ` <5732294F.3060606-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-10 19:11 ` Sergei Shtylyov
[not found] ` <5732327A.6080203-M4DtvfQ/ZS1MRgGoP+s0PdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-10 19:13 ` Florian Fainelli
[not found] ` <3641492.klKRrvS8tr-gHKXc3Y1Z8zGSmamagVegGFoWSdPRAKMAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-12 18:42 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2016-05-12 21:35 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-05-13 4:06 ` Andrew Lunn
2016-05-13 21:16 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-05-13 7:06 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2016-05-13 21:49 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-05-13 19:18 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-05-14 21:14 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-05-13 9:07 ` Roger Quadros
2016-05-13 19:36 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-05-13 20:44 ` Andrew Lunn
2016-05-13 20:56 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-05-13 23:44 ` Andrew Lunn
2016-05-14 19:36 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-05-14 19:50 ` Andrew Lunn
2016-05-14 21:46 ` Sergei Shtylyov
[not found] ` <34922ff9-e566-4829-a631-54ce07cbb325-M4DtvfQ/ZS1MRgGoP+s0PdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-15 15:23 ` Andrew Lunn
[not found] ` <20160515152339.GA9021-g2DYL2Zd6BY@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-19 13:40 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-05-16 8:51 ` Roger Quadros
2016-05-26 9:00 ` Linus Walleij
2016-05-26 19:00 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2016-05-30 14:57 ` Linus Walleij
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