Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [RFC] of: Allow for experimental device tree bindings

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On Wed, 2013-10-23 at 17:06 +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> +       /* check if binding is experimental */
> +       if (dev != device || drv != driver) {
> +               pr_warn("of: device %s (%s) uses an experimental binding\n",
> +                       np->name, np->full_name);
> +

In the discussions earlier I think we decided that this should set a
taint flag too. If you've built a kernel with CONFIG_OF_EXPERIMENTAL
(which I think we were calling CONFIG_UNSTABLE_DT) then you have no
expectation that it will boot tomorrow, although it might work with your
DTB today.

-- 
David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@xxxxxxxxx                              Intel Corporation

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