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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next prev 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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