linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 11/20] reset: npcm: using syscon instead of device data

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Message-ID: <8e02ad54-5dad-aee7-6fa8-70c72f93bf5e@linaro.org>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:53:48 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/20] reset: npcm: using syscon instead of device data

On 09/06/2022 23:37, Tomer Maimon wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof
> 
> Sorry but I didn't ignore your comment.
> 
> For not breaking exciting boards I add the following patch in V2
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20220608095623.22327-11-tmaimon77@gmail.com/

No, it does not solve it.
1. Patchset goes via separate trees (DTS are always separate), so it is
not bisectable. One of the branches/trees will have broken DTS.

2. All out of tree DTSes are broken. This is expressed as ABI and - with
some reasonable exceptions - you should not break it.
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.19-rc1/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.rst

You have to keep backwards compatibility, so parse/handle both versions
of DTS.


Best regards,
Krzysztof