linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: exynos: gs101: add stable i2c aliases for gs101-oriole

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:30:50 +0000
From: André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>, 
 peter.griffin@...aro.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
 krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org,  conor+dt@...nel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com, 
 tudor.ambarus@...aro.org, willmcvicker@...gle.com,
 semen.protsenko@...aro.org,  alim.akhtar@...sung.com,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,  linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: exynos: gs101: add stable i2c aliases for
 gs101-oriole

On Mon, 2024-02-12 at 12:18 +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> I can drop it, but the actual problem is that what if downstream keeps
> changing aliases? They can do it...

We won't care at that stage, downstream should have no reason to divert from
upstream for numbering at some point in the future.

>  The aliases are not there to match
> with downstream, but to have stable interface matching SCHEMATICS.

Except the schematics don't refer to the i2c busses by number.

Cheers,
Andre'