From: Wei Xu <xuwei5@hisilicon.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: SoC Team <soc@kernel.org>, arm-soc <arm@kernel.org>,
Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
"Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>,
Zhangyi ac <zhangyi.ac@huawei.com>,
"Liguozhu (Kenneth)" <liguozhu@hisilicon.com>,
Tangkunshan <tangkunshan@huawei.com>,
Daode Huang <huangdaode@hisilicon.com>,
Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>,
John Garry <john.garry@huawei.com>,
Shameerali Kolothum Thodi <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@huawei.com>,
Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@huawei.com>,
Shiju Jose <shiju.jose@huawei.com>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT,PULL] arm64: dts: hisilicon dts updates for v5.13
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 17:52:47 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <606ED26F.4080009@hisilicon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a31XFD7smyK0R41uX9fw+P6zPDLEgJoXz99imYS8urENQ@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Arnd,
On 2021/4/7 22:31, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 5:06 PM Wei Xu <xuwei5@hisilicon.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi ARM-SoC team,
>>
>> Please consider to pull the following changes.
>> Thanks!
>
> I'd prefer to not break compatibility of old kernels with new dts files
> here, as this would prevent installing an old distro with an ebbr
> compliant boot loader, for purely cosmetic reasons. These are used
> in the popular 'hikey' boards, which are used in many scenarios,
> which makes it fairly likely that someone might want to install
> something other than the very latest kernel.
>
> Could you instead keep both the old and the new property in there
> for at least a few years?
Got it and it does make sense.
I will sync with Zhen Lei to see whether he want to do the change or not.
And then I will send out the new pull request.
Thanks!
Best Regards,
Wei
>
> Arnd
> .
>
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From: Wei Xu <xuwei5@hisilicon.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: SoC Team <soc@kernel.org>, arm-soc <arm@kernel.org>,
Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
"Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>,
Zhangyi ac <zhangyi.ac@huawei.com>,
"Liguozhu (Kenneth)" <liguozhu@hisilicon.com>,
Tangkunshan <tangkunshan@huawei.com>,
Daode Huang <huangdaode@hisilicon.com>,
Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>,
John Garry <john.garry@huawei.com>,
Shameerali Kolothum Thodi <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@huawei.com>,
Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@huawei.com>,
Shiju Jose <shiju.jose@huawei.com>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT,PULL] arm64: dts: hisilicon dts updates for v5.13
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 17:52:47 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <606ED26F.4080009@hisilicon.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20210408095247.UqY_4Tv9vgTEtpJ15f1Jrpm9-fJ-opq0xZpubL5sMvA@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a31XFD7smyK0R41uX9fw+P6zPDLEgJoXz99imYS8urENQ@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Arnd,
On 2021/4/7 22:31, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 5:06 PM Wei Xu <xuwei5@hisilicon.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi ARM-SoC team,
>>
>> Please consider to pull the following changes.
>> Thanks!
>
> I'd prefer to not break compatibility of old kernels with new dts files
> here, as this would prevent installing an old distro with an ebbr
> compliant boot loader, for purely cosmetic reasons. These are used
> in the popular 'hikey' boards, which are used in many scenarios,
> which makes it fairly likely that someone might want to install
> something other than the very latest kernel.
>
> Could you instead keep both the old and the new property in there
> for at least a few years?
Got it and it does make sense.
I will sync with Zhen Lei to see whether he want to do the change or not.
And then I will send out the new pull request.
Thanks!
Best Regards,
Wei
>
> Arnd
> .
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-08 9:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-03 15:06 [GIT,PULL] arm64: dts: hisilicon dts updates for v5.13 Wei Xu
2021-04-03 15:06 ` Wei Xu
2021-04-07 14:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-04-07 14:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-04-08 9:52 ` Wei Xu [this message]
2021-04-08 9:52 ` Wei Xu
2021-04-08 9:53 ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2021-04-08 9:53 ` Leizhen (ThunderTown)
2021-04-08 10:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-04-08 10:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
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