linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: display: ssd1307fb: Deprecate "-i2c" compatible strings

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Message-ID: <CAGb2v65CBZp3DZFGX0GMTaQQPYMKJTJMNoU2V5u7MxsLN7ONKQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:07:03 +0800
From:   Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...nel.org>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: display: ssd1307fb: Deprecate "-i2c"
 compatible strings

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 5:12 AM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> The current compatible strings for SSD130x I2C controllers contain both an
> "fb" and "-i2c" suffixes. It seems to indicate that are for a fbdev driver
> and also that are for devices that can be accessed over an I2C bus.
>
> But a DT is supposed to describe the hardware and not Linux implementation
> details. So let's deprecate those compatible strings and add new ones that
> only contain the vendor and device name, without any of these suffixes.
>
> These will just describe the device and can be matched by both I2C and SPI
> DRM drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Drop the -i2c suffixes from the compatible strings too (Geert Uytterhoeven).
>
>  .../bindings/display/solomon,ssd1307fb.yaml   | 37 ++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/solomon,ssd1307fb.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/solomon,ssd1307fb.yaml
> index ade61d502edd..6b9d0c72739a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/solomon,ssd1307fb.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/solomon,ssd1307fb.yaml
> @@ -12,12 +12,23 @@ maintainers:
>
>  properties:
>    compatible:
> -    enum:
> -      - sinowealth,sh1106-i2c
> -      - solomon,ssd1305fb-i2c
> -      - solomon,ssd1306fb-i2c
> -      - solomon,ssd1307fb-i2c
> -      - solomon,ssd1309fb-i2c
> +    oneOf:
> +      # Deprecated compatible strings
> +      - items:
> +          - enum:
> +              - sinowealth,sh1106-i2c

I think you can just drop this one, since it was just merged and isn't
part of any release yet. It's not even in -rc.

ChenYu