linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: misc: brcm,kona-smc: convert to YAML

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Date:   Fri, 5 May 2023 12:36:39 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Stanislav Jakubek <stano.jakubek@...il.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>,
        Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: misc: brcm,kona-smc: convert to YAML

On 05/05/2023 09:18, Stanislav Jakubek wrote:

>>> +      - items:
>>> +          - enum:
>>> +              - brcm,bcm11351-smc
>>> +              - brcm,bcm21664-smc
>>> +              - brcm,bcm23550-smc
>>> +          - const: brcm,kona-smc
>>> +      - items:
>>> +          - const: bcm,bcm11351-smc
>>> +          - const: bcm,kona-smc
>>> +        deprecated: true
>>
>> That's not correct. You deprecate the same set as you allow before. I
>> think you wanted to deprecated kona-smc alone.
> 
> What I'm trying to do here is to deprecate both compatibles with the
> "bcm" vendor prefix, as these were initially introduced in [1]. bcm11351 is the
> only one that ever had the "bcm" prefix, both bcm21664 [2] and bcm23550 [3]
> were introduced with the "brcm" prefix (though they were never documented).
> 
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=7f6c62e2695bcb1547afdeb4ad3bcdf8c610be2c
> [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=2eba905e860f8aed5f2743b45259bb2e92548a55
> [3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=fcd4138653f049c8fa45b48dc5f2806ced68e304

Ah, right, I missed the difference in prefix. I propose to just drop it.
It was deprecated 10 years ago!

Best regards,
Krzysztof