Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: NEWEMAC: Remove "rgmii-interface" from rgmii matching table

From: Olof Johansson <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:01:57 -0600

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:21:59PM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> With the removal the the "rgmii-interface" device_type property from the
> dts files, the newemac driver needs an update to only rely on compatible
> property.

What about systems using an older dts, such as one kexec:ing from an
older kernel?

Just because the device tree source is distributed in the kernel tree
doesn't mean it can give up backwards compatibility.

-Olof