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From: Chris Ball <cjb-2X9k7bc8m7Mdnm+yROfE0A@public•gmane.org>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public•gmane.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr-3FnU+UHB4dNDw9hX6IcOSA@public•gmane.org>,
	Linus Walleij
	<linus.walleij-0IS4wlFg1OjSUeElwK9/Pw@public•gmane.org>,
	Alessandro Rubini
	<rubini-kaDoWcXyVrEAvxtiuMwx3w@public•gmane.org>,
	Wolfram Sang <w.sang-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public•gmane.org>,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org,
	Deepak Saxena <dsaxena-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public•gmane.org>,
	linux-next-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public•gmane.org>,
	devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public•gmane.org,
	linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public•gmane.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm-soc tree with the i2c-embedded tree
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:04:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874np7jwvq.fsf@octavius.laptop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdaMB-n7XYcxE8QtAm-WrGc2DR0krfTjQZCbvOL1HYep1Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> (Linus Walleij's message of "Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:45:29 +0200")

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 16 2012, Linus Walleij wrote:
>> Uhm, I seem to have missed that bindings are deemed more "flexible" as
>> long as they are coupled to in-kernel dts files? Is that discussed
>> somewhere? I do wonder about it...
>
> Well patches like this are sent out but not commented on from
> the perspective of binding stability. So of course, they get merged.
>
> Have a look at this commit:
>
> commit 7f217794ffa72f208a250b79ab0b7ea3de19677f
> Author: Arnd Bergmann <arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public•gmane.org>
> Date:   Sun May 13 00:14:24 2012 -0400
>
>     mmc: dt: Consolidate DT bindings
>
> This is deleting custom properties from DTS files without
> adding any code to fallback-support them on old device trees.

I agree with your point, but just as an FYI: this patch did involve
a conversation about binding stability, and left some attributes
(e.g. ti,non-removable) purposefully alone (and different to the
new generic MMC bindings) to preserve backwards compatibility:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.samsung-soc/10409

Thanks,

- Chris.
-- 
Chris Ball   <cjb-2X9k7bc8m7Mdnm+yROfE0A@public•gmane.org>   <http://printf.net/>
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-07-16 20:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-10  6:41 linux-next: manual merge of the arm-soc tree with the i2c-embedded tree Stephen Rothwell
2012-07-10  6:50 ` Stephen Rothwell
2012-07-10  8:38 ` Wolfram Sang
2012-07-12 13:12 ` Wolfram Sang
2012-07-12 15:54   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-13 11:03     ` Lee Jones
     [not found]   ` <20120712131231.GH2194-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-14 21:34     ` Linus Walleij
2012-07-16 10:17       ` Wolfram Sang
2012-07-16 11:31         ` Lee Jones
2012-07-16 13:00           ` Wolfram Sang
2012-07-16 13:55             ` Lee Jones
2012-07-17 13:06           ` Mark Brown
2012-07-17 13:30             ` Lee Jones
2012-07-17 13:35               ` Mark Brown
2012-07-17 14:02                 ` Lee Jones
2012-07-17 14:22                   ` Mark Brown
2012-07-17 14:52                     ` Lee Jones
     [not found]                       ` <50057C1A.80606-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-17 15:20                         ` Mark Brown
2012-07-18  5:33                           ` Shawn Guo
2012-07-18  9:59                             ` Mark Brown
2012-07-18 10:29                               ` Lee Jones
2012-07-18 10:33                                 ` Mark Brown
2012-07-18 10:43                                   ` Lee Jones
2012-07-18  7:35                           ` Lee Jones
2012-07-18 11:12                             ` Mark Brown
2012-07-18 11:24                               ` Lee Jones
2012-07-16 11:37         ` Linus Walleij
2012-07-16 12:35           ` Wolfram Sang
     [not found]             ` <20120716123550.GE17435-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-16 19:45               ` Linus Walleij
     [not found]                 ` <CACRpkdaMB-n7XYcxE8QtAm-WrGc2DR0krfTjQZCbvOL1HYep1Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-16 20:04                   ` Chris Ball [this message]
2012-07-17 13:10             ` Mark Brown
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-07-19  5:28 Stephen Rothwell
2012-09-13  6:41 Stephen Rothwell
2012-09-13  7:09 ` Uwe Kleine-König
2012-11-15  5:27 Stephen Rothwell

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