linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] dt-bindings: display: ssd1307fb: Deprecate "-i2c" compatible strings

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Date:   Wed, 20 Apr 2022 18:27:39 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...nel.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] dt-bindings: display: ssd1307fb: Deprecate "-i2c"
 compatible strings

Hello Rob,

On 4/20/22 18:15, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 23:48:19 +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas 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. The required properties should still be enforced for old ones.
>>
>> While being there, just drop the "sinowealth,sh1106-i2c" compatible string
>> since that was never present in a released Linux version.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
>> Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
>> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
>> ---
>>
>> (no changes since v3)
>>
>> Changes in v3:
>> - Drop the "sinowealth,sh1106-i2c", wasn't in a released version (Chen-Yu Tsai)
>> - Continue enforcing required properties for deprecated strings (Maxime Ripard)
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>> - Drop the -i2c suffixes from the compatible strings too (Geert Uytterhoeven)
>>
>>  .../bindings/display/solomon,ssd1307fb.yaml   | 44 +++++++++++++------
>>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> 
> Please add Acked-by/Reviewed-by tags when posting new versions. However,
> there's no need to repost patches *only* to add the tags. The upstream
> maintainer will do that for acks received on the version they apply.
> 
> If a tag was not added on purpose, please state why and what changed.
> 

I meant to add your Acked-by but just forget before posting. Sorry about that.

I'll add it myself before pushing.

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat