linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.5 175/189] ARM: dts: imx6dl-colibri-eval-v3: fix sram compatible properties

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Date:   Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:39:35 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Sanchayan Maity <maitysanchayan@...il.com>,
        Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@...adex.com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Oleksandr Suvorov <oleksandr.suvorov@...adex.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.5 175/189] ARM: dts: imx6dl-colibri-eval-v3: fix sram
 compatible properties

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 04:05:12PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 01:40:12PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > From: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
> > 
> > commit bcbf53a0dab50980867476994f6079c1ec5bb3a3 upstream.
> > 
> > The sram-node compatible properties have mistakingly combined the
> > model-specific string with the generic "mtd-ram" string.
> > 
> > Note that neither "cy7c1019dv33-10zsxi, mtd-ram" or
> > "cy7c1019dv33-10zsxi" are used by any in-kernel driver and they are
> > not present in any binding.
> > 
> > The physmap driver will however bind to platform devices that specify
> > "mtd-ram".
> > 
> > Fixes: fc48e76489fd ("ARM: dts: imx6: Add support for Toradex Colibri iMX6 module")
> > Cc: Sanchayan Maity <maitysanchayan@...il.com>
> > Cc: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@...adex.com>
> > Cc: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Oleksandr Suvorov <oleksandr.suvorov@...adex.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> This was never meant to go into stable so I didn't add a stable CC-tag.
> 
> It causes a driver to bind to the corresponding platform devices, which
> have so far been unbound and may therefore have unwanted side-effects.
> 
> I don't think it's stable material either way.

Thanks, now dropped from all kernel trees.

greg k-h