linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] gpio: sprd: Change to use SoC compatible string

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Date:   Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:19:14 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Orson Zhai <orsonzhai@...il.com>,
        Lyra Zhang <zhang.lyra@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] gpio: sprd: Change to use SoC compatible string

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 3:30 AM Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org> wrote:

> Change to use SoC compatible string instead of wildcard string.
>
> The Spreadtrum SC9860 platform device trees and drivers' development
> are still in progress, and now we will always recompile and ship
> device trees at the same time as we will compile and ship the kernel,
> so we do not need care about the backwards compatibility.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
> ---
> Changes from v2:
>  - Add some comments to explain why we do not care backwards compatibility.

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij