From: nicolas.ferre@atmel•com (Nicolas Ferre)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] ARM: at91/Documentation: add a README for Atmel SoCs
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:26:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54B500F9.4000507@atmel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150113020325.GB28758@quad.lixom.net>
Le 13/01/2015 03:03, Olof Johansson a ?crit :
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 02:20:31PM +0100, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
>> Add a README file to describe Atmel SoCs (aka AT91) support in Mainline Linux:
>> - SoC list + datasheet web links
>> - Basic but useful information
>> - Device Tree conventions and Work In Progress statement.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel•com>
>> Cc: ARM Maintainers <arm@kernel•org>
>
> Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom•net>
>
> With the understanding that:
>
>> +Device Tree for AT91 SoCs and boards
>> +------------------------------------
>> +All AT91 SoCs are converted to Device Tree. Since Linux 3.19, these products
>> +must use this method to boot the Linux kernel.
>> +
>> +Work In Progress statement:
>> +Device Tree files and Device Tree bindings that apply to AT91 SoCs and boards are
>> +considered as "Unstable". To be completely clear, any at91 binding can change at
>> +any time. So, be sure to use a Device Tree Binary and a Kernel Image generated from
>> +the same source tree.
>> +Please refer to the Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.txt file for a
>> +definition of a "Stable" binding/ABI.
>> +This statement will be removed by AT91 MAINTAINERS when appropriated.
>
> While this statement is here, at the end of the day if you break a user
> you're responsible for fixing them. I.e. if a tree falls in the forest
> and nobody notices, then so be it.
>
> But you can't break existing users and point to this and get away with
> it. However, hopefully based on this doc users will go with practices
> that means that you can revise bindings if you have to.
Yes, that was the intention.
Thanks, bye,
--
Nicolas Ferre
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-09 13:20 [PATCH] ARM: at91/Documentation: add a README for Atmel SoCs Nicolas Ferre
2015-01-13 2:03 ` Olof Johansson
2015-01-13 11:26 ` Nicolas Ferre [this message]
2015-01-13 11:26 ` Nicolas Ferre
2015-01-13 11:36 ` Alexandre Belloni
2015-01-13 13:40 ` Nicolas Ferre
2015-01-15 14:27 ` Nicolas Ferre
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