Subject: Re: [POWERPC] Make it blatantly clear; mpc5200 device tree is not yet stable

From: Sylvain Munaut <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:14:41 +0100

Acked-by: Sylvain Munaut <[email-masked]>

It's purely documentation so quite unlikely to break stuff ;) And it's
real important people know it.

PS: Grant, it's 246 in my email not 346 ;)

[email-masked] wrote:
> From: Grant Likely <[email-masked]>
>
> Documentation-only change.  The 5200 device tree layout has not yet
> stablized, so nobody should depend on the layout of the tree.
>
> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <[email-masked]>
> ---
> Paul,
>
> (minor rework from comments received)
>
> I know it's *very* late in the .20 release cycle, but I don't want to
> allow false assumptions about the stability of the 5200 device tree
> bindings.
>
> Please apply for 2.6.20 If you think it is appropriate.
>
> Thanks,
> g.
>
>  .../powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt       |    6 ++++++
>  arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts                 |    6 ++++++
>  arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts                |    6 ++++++
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt
> index 7fb3b8a..69f016f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt
> @@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ MPC52xx Device Tree Bindings
>  (c) 2006 Secret Lab Technologies Ltd
>  Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
>  
> +********** DRAFT ***********
> +* WARNING: Do not depend on the stability of these bindings just yet.
> +* The MPC5200 device tree conventions are still in flux
> +* Keep an eye on the linuxppc-dev mailing list for more details
> +********** DRAFT ***********
> +
>  I - Introduction
>  ================
>  Boards supported by the arch/powerpc architecture require device tree be
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts
> index a8efb59..1868707 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts
> @@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
>   * option) any later version.
>   */
>  
> +/*
> + * WARNING: Do not depend on this tree layout remaining static just yet.
> + * The MPC5200 device tree conventions are still in flux
> + * Keep an eye on the linuxppc-dev mailing list for more details
> + */
> +
>  / {
>  	model = "Lite5200";
>  	compatible = "lite5200\0lite52xx\0mpc5200\0mpc52xx";
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts
> index 1aabee4..5bb2760 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts
> @@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
>   * option) any later version.
>   */
>  
> +/*
> + * WARNING: Do not depend on this tree layout remaining static just yet.
> + * The MPC5200 device tree conventions are still in flux
> + * Keep an eye on the linuxppc-dev mailing list for more details
> + */
> +
>  / {
>  	model = "Lite5200b";
>  	compatible = "lite5200b\0lite52xx\0mpc5200b\0mpc52xx";
>