linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: dts: replace 'linux,stdout-path' with 'stdout-path'

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Date:   Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:33:08 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: dts: replace 'linux,stdout-path' with 'stdout-path'

Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> writes:

> 'linux,stdout-path' has been deprecated for some time in favor of
> 'stdout-path'. Now dtc will warn on occurrences of 'linux,stdout-path'.
> Search and replace all the of occurrences with 'stdout-path'.

This patch looks OK.

But please remember that not all device trees are generated with dtc, we
still have machines in the wild that have firmware which use
"linux,stdout-path" and may never be updated.

cheers