linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio-exar: Use correct property prefix and document bindings

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Message-ID: <CAL_Jsq+vP-8a1x7Q1zB_mM_a14o=gyBd-MD8SMCEkpmpk2O_5Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:37:03 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-gpio <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio-exar: Use correct property prefix and document bindings

On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com> wrote:
> On 2017-07-17 19:48, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 08:44:26AM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>> The device-specific property should be prefixed with the vendor name
>>> Change this and document the bindings of this platform device.
>>
>> You are breaking backwards compatibility. You minimally need to state
>> that and why that is okay in this case.
>
> There is no previous version yet: The patch that introduced this just
> entered for 4.13. Linus remarked that "linux," is the wrong prefix and
> wanted this to be changed before this version becomes final.

Please describe this in the commit message and add a Fixes tag.

Rob