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On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ARMv8 Vexpress/Juno DT updates for v4.14 > > 1. Replaces old coresight ATB programmable replicator compatible with > new and more generic one > > 2. Replaces incorrect usage of underscores for device node names in the > device tree with hyphen Pulled into next/dt64. Regarding the change of the compatible string for the replicator, can you confirm that nothing ever used the old string? In doubt, it might be better to keep both strings present for backward-compatibility. Arnd
(+Suzuki,Mathieu) Hi Arnd, On 16/08/17 22:46, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> wrote: >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> ARMv8 Vexpress/Juno DT updates for v4.14 >> >> 1. Replaces old coresight ATB programmable replicator compatible with >> new and more generic one >> >> 2. Replaces incorrect usage of underscores for device node names in the >> device tree with hyphen > > Pulled into next/dt64. > > Regarding the change of the compatible string for the replicator, can you > confirm that nothing ever used the old string? > > In doubt, it might be better to keep both strings present for > backward-compatibility. > I think Rob agreed to remove the old binding on the basis that it was never used. That's my understanding as per the thread[1] Suzuki/Mathieu, Please shout if my understand on this is wrong.
On 17/08/17 10:14, Sudeep Holla wrote: > (+Suzuki,Mathieu) > > Hi Arnd, > > On 16/08/17 22:46, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> wrote: >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ARMv8 Vexpress/Juno DT updates for v4.14 >>> >>> 1. Replaces old coresight ATB programmable replicator compatible with >>> new and more generic one >>> >>> 2. Replaces incorrect usage of underscores for device node names in the >>> device tree with hyphen >> >> Pulled into next/dt64. >> >> Regarding the change of the compatible string for the replicator, can you >> confirm that nothing ever used the old string? >> >> In doubt, it might be better to keep both strings present for >> backward-compatibility. >> > > I think Rob agreed to remove the old binding on the basis that it was > never used. That's my understanding as per the thread[1] > > Suzuki/Mathieu, > > Please shout if my understand on this is wrong. Thats right. Coresight devices are probed via AMBA bus. So, as such the compatible string is not used by the drivers and Rob suggested to remove the old one. Cheers Suzuki
On 17 August 2017 at 03:14, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> wrote: > (+Suzuki,Mathieu) > > Hi Arnd, > > On 16/08/17 22:46, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> wrote: >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ARMv8 Vexpress/Juno DT updates for v4.14 >>> >>> 1. Replaces old coresight ATB programmable replicator compatible with >>> new and more generic one >>> >>> 2. Replaces incorrect usage of underscores for device node names in the >>> device tree with hyphen >> >> Pulled into next/dt64. >> >> Regarding the change of the compatible string for the replicator, can you >> confirm that nothing ever used the old string? >> >> In doubt, it might be better to keep both strings present for >> backward-compatibility. >> > > I think Rob agreed to remove the old binding on the basis that it was > never used. That's my understanding as per the thread[1] > > Suzuki/Mathieu, > > Please shout if my understand on this is wrong. > You are correct. > -- > Regards, > Sudeep > > [1] http://marc.info/?l=devicetree&m=149727844025618&w=2
Hi ARM-SoC Team, Please pull ! Regards, Sudeep The following changes since commit 5771a8c08880cdca3bfb4a3fc6d309d6bba20877: Linux v4.13-rc1 (2017-07-15 15:22:10 -0700) are available in the git repository at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sudeep.holla/linux.git tags/juno-updates-4.14 for you to fetch changes up to 207b6e6b5c9c72ef96ac0da5e9b7c15d1df9f725: arm64: dts: juno: replace underscores with hyphen in device node names (2017-08-02 11:32:14 +0100) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ARMv8 Vexpress/Juno DT updates for v4.14 1. Replaces old coresight ATB programmable replicator compatible with new and more generic one 2. Replaces incorrect usage of underscores for device node names in the device tree with hyphen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Sudeep Holla (1): arm64: dts: juno: replace underscores with hyphen in device node names Suzuki K. Poulose (1): arm64: dts: juno: Use the new coresight replicator string arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/foundation-v8.dtsi | 2 +- arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/juno-base.dtsi | 14 +++++++------- arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/rtsm_ve-motherboard.dtsi | 2 +- 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)