linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/16] drivers: pwm: core: use a single of xlate function

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VcaFDEQ1cBzeU2eBj_vf19ok6EWLC07SOTQLRH8BQSbzA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:27:31 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Claudiu Beznea <Claudiu.Beznea@...rochip.com>
Cc:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mike Dunn <mikedunn@...sguy.com>,
        Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@...l.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/16] drivers: pwm: core: use a single of xlate function

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Claudiu Beznea
<Claudiu.Beznea@...rochip.com> wrote:

> For this driver, the PWM bindings were changed (I did a grep by "google,cros-ec-pwm"
> and located only:
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru-kevin.dts
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru.dtsi
> files) and changed the bindings in this series, as follows, patch 7 from this series:
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru-kevin.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru-kevin.dts
> index 0384e3121f18..0c790ec387eb 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru-kevin.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru-kevin.dts
> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
>
>         backlight: backlight {
>                 compatible = "pwm-backlight";
> -               pwms = <&cros_ec_pwm 1>;
> +               pwms = <&cros_ec_pwm 1 65535>;

This shows an breakage for user. The old PWM device tree sources or
binaries should work independently on what changes you did to kernel.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko