On 12/07/2022 17:36, Florian Fainelli wrote: > On 7/12/22 00:47, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >> On 12/07/2022 04:11, William Zhang wrote: >>> Update compatible string based on the new bcmbca binding rule >>> for BCM4908 famliy based boards >> >> Typo - family >> >> Please explain why breaking the ABI (and users of these DTS_ is acceptable. > > This will be largely targeted towards Rafal who supports these kinds of > devices with an upstream kernel. My understanding is that this is OK > because we will always ship a DTB matching the Linux kernel, and I > believe this is true for both the way that William and his group support > these devices, as well as how OpenWrt, buildroot or other build systems > envision to support these devices. > > Rafal, does that sound about right? I am fine, just maybe mention it in the commit because it literally breaks the DTSes. I assume you considered all possible uses outside of Linux like U-Boot, BSD etc? Best regards, Krzysztof
