linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v6 2/6] dt-bindings: Add the rzn1-clocks.h file

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Message-ID: <TY1PR01MB1769DFD4CD9803D10CE1CA4BF56C0@TY1PR01MB1769.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 May 2018 13:30:20 +0000
From:   Phil Edworthy <phil.edworthy@...esas.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, M P <buserror@...il.com>
CC:     Michel Pollet <michel.pollet@...renesas.com>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
        Michel Pollet <buserror+upstream@...il.com>,
        Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        "Stephen Boyd" <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v6 2/6] dt-bindings: Add the rzn1-clocks.h file

Hi Geert,

On 25 May 2018 10:13 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
 [snip]

> Now, given the clock definitions for RZ/N1[DSL] are the same (although some
> don't exist on some variants), you could keep on using RZN1_CLK_FOO for
> the names of the defines, and store them in a common file, included by the
> soc-specific file. But please make clear the common file cannot be included
> directly, so the filename does not become part of the DT ABI, and you are
> shielded from future marketing silliness (e.g. next quarter's RZ/N1X being
> totally different).
How does an include filename become part of the DT ABI?
I thought the dtb is the ABI, not the dts. Am I wrong?

Thanks
Phil