linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] net: stmmac: sun8i: Remove the compatibles

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com
Cc:     arm@...nel.org, wens@...e.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, clabbe.montjoie@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] net: stmmac: sun8i: Remove the compatibles

From: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:12:17 +0200

> Since the bindings have been controversial, and we follow the DT stable ABI
> rule, we shouldn't let a driver with a DT binding that might change slip
> through in a stable release.
> 
> Remove the compatibles to make sure the driver will not probe and no-one
> will start using the binding currently implemented. This commit will
> obviously need to be reverted in due time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>

Applied to net tree.