linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/16] dt-bindings: PCI: Rename the term elbi to appl

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Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:15:16 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Shradha Todi <shradha.t@...sung.com>
Cc:     lpieralisi@...nel.org, kw@...ux.com, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
        krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, alim.akhtar@...sung.com,
        jingoohan1@...il.com, Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru,
        lukas.bulwahn@...il.com, hongxing.zhu@....com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        m.szyprowski@...sung.com, jh80.chung@...sung.co,
        pankaj.dubey@...sung.com, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/16] dt-bindings: PCI: Rename the term elbi to appl

On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 05:43:22PM +0530, Shradha Todi wrote:
> DT uses the name elbi in reg-names for application logic
> registers which is a wrong nomenclature. This patch fixes
> the same.
> 
> This commit shouldn't be applied without changes
> "arm64: dts: Rename the term elbi to appl" and
> "PCI: samsung: Rename the term elbi to appl"

Which is your clue that this is an ABI break. You're stuck with the old 
name unless the ABI break is fine for all Samsung platforms using this.

Rob