From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>,
Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>, Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>,
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Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
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Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
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driver-core@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] regulator: of: switch to using class_find_device_by_fwnode()
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:41:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acGzJV3vKhuty3nd@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <193e194a-498f-464f-b22c-c283c16db6c1@sirena.org.uk>
On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 09:36:07PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 09:01:47PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>
> > How do you handle deprecated OF properties? This is a problem i've run
> > into before. A developer needs an ACPI binding, so they blindly
> > convert from of_ to device_ without engaging brain. As a result, they
> > bring all the deprecated OF properties we want to die into the brand
> > new ACPI bindings.
>
> Honestly that one hasn't really come up much for me - not too many
> deprecated properties.
Given that we position properties as an ABI even if they are deprecated
we supposed to handle them forever. Newer properties usually offer
benefits over old ones and that is how users get moved over.
Thanks.
--
Dmitry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 21:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 1:54 [PATCH 00/10] Remove class_find_device_by_of_node in favor of finding by firmware node Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 1:54 ` [PATCH net-next 01/10] net: wan: framer: switch to using class_find_device_by_fwnode() Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 1:54 ` [PATCH 02/10] phy: core: " Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 1:54 ` [PATCH 03/10] spi: " Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 13:58 ` Mark Brown
2026-03-23 17:16 ` Mark Brown
2026-03-23 18:25 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 1:54 ` [PATCH 04/10] regulator: of: " Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 14:00 ` Mark Brown
2026-03-23 18:28 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 19:05 ` Mark Brown
2026-03-23 19:41 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 19:58 ` Mark Brown
2026-03-23 21:39 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 20:01 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-23 21:36 ` Mark Brown
2026-03-23 21:41 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2026-03-23 22:11 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-23 22:27 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 22:39 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-23 22:48 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-24 13:50 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-24 0:17 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-23 1:54 ` [PATCH 05/10] leds: led-class: " Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 1:54 ` [PATCH 06/10] mux: " Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 1:54 ` [PATCH net-next 07/10] net: phy: " Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 2:54 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-23 5:17 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 8:59 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-23 18:33 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 18:39 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-23 19:35 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 20:15 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-23 21:49 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 22:00 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-03-23 22:20 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 1:54 ` [PATCH 08/10] fpga: bridge: " Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 1:54 ` [PATCH 09/10] fpga: manager: " Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 1:54 ` [PATCH 10/10] driver core: class: remove class_find_device_by_of_node() Dmitry Torokhov
2026-03-23 7:43 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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