linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/12] of: overlay: clean up device tree overlay code

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Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 09:56:46 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
To:     Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
Cc:     Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, Jyri Sarha <jsarha@...com>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] of: overlay: clean up device tree overlay code

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 10:53 PM,  <frowand.list@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...y.com>
>
> I have found the device tree overlay code to be difficult to read and
> maintain.  This patch series attempts to improve that situation.
>
> The cleanup includes some changes visible to users of overlays.  The
> only in kernel user of overlays is fixed up for those changes.  The
> in kernel user is:
>
>    drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_slave_compat.c

At what point can we remove this? I'm assuming at some point users
will need to update their dtb's for other reasons and this becomes
obsolete.

Rob