linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm-soc tree with the usb tree

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Date:	Tue, 27 Aug 2013 18:30:50 +0200
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
CC:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>,
	Benoit Cousson <bcousson@...libre.com>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@...hile0.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm-soc tree with the usb tree

On 08/27/2013 06:12 PM, Olof Johansson wrote:
> No. Read that email again. What Benoit said was that if Felipe was fine
> with the change _HE_ would take it. Huge difference, and one that would have
> avoided this situation.

Yes, I'm sorry.

> The only way to solve these things in the future is to make the driver handle
> both the new and the old binding. Bindings are not supposed to change in
> incompatible ways any more, unless for special circumstances and/or when the
> old binding was completely broken.
The old bindings were completly broken.

> -Olof

Sebastian
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