On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:27:37AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Daniel Lezcano > <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Rob, dt people, > > > > is it acceptable a driver is changed using a new DT binding but becomes > > incompatible with the old DT files ? > > > > IOW, is it possible to change the DT and the driver without supporting the old > > DT format, forcing an update of the DT and the kernel ? > > If you want a global rule, then no it is not okay. However, it depends > on the platform and it's users. I just ask that breaking compatibility > and why is highlighted in the commit message and the platform > maintainer is okay with it. Thanks for the clarification. I will ask the maintainer if breaking the compatibility is ok. That shows how important is to wisely choose the right binding. -- Daniel -- <http://www.linaro.org/> Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Linaro> Facebook | <http://twitter.com/#!/linaroorg> Twitter | <http://www.linaro.org/linaro-blog/> Blog -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
