On Mon, 6 Aug 2018, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 11:50 AM Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > While the "device_type" property is still used and supported, it
> > is deprecated so it should be removed from examples in the
> > documentation. There is no value in encouraging developers to keep
> > using that property, so just quietly disappear it from examples,
> > but leave its explanation in the spec.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > according to the spec, that property is still marginally
> > acceptable for memory and cpu nodes, but it really has no place
> > being used for any other types of nodes.
>
> It's not just acceptable, but it is still required. It is also
> required for PCI bridges.
uh ... if it's technically still "required", it cannot possibly be
deprecated. that's a contradiction.
rday
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