On 04/11/2022 06:49, Aakarsh Jain wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski [mailto:krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: 03 November 2022 18:04 >> To: Aakarsh Jain <aakarsh.jain@xxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-arm- >> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- >> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Cc: m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx; andrzej.hajda@xxxxxxxxx; >> mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx; hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx; >> ezequiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jernej.skrabec@xxxxxxxxx; >> benjamin.gaignard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@xxxxxxxxxx; >> stanimir.varbanov@xxxxxxxxxx; dillon.minfei@xxxxxxxxx; >> david.plowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; mark.rutland@xxxxxxx; >> robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx; krzk+dt@xxxxxxxxxx; andi@xxxxxxxxxxx; >> alim.akhtar@xxxxxxxxxxx; aswani.reddy@xxxxxxxxxxx; >> pankaj.dubey@xxxxxxxxxxx; smitha.t@xxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: exynos: Rename compatible string >> property from version to SOC specific >> >> On 02/11/2022 09:06, Aakarsh Jain wrote: >>> commit "752d3a23d1f68de87e3c" which adds MFC codec device node for >>> exynos3250 SOC. Since exynos3250.dtsi and exynos5420.dtsi are using >>> same compatible string as "samsung,mfc-v7" but their node properties >>> are different.As both SoCs have MFC v7 hardware module but with >>> different clock hierarchy and complexity. >>> So renaming compatible string from version specific to SOC based. >>> >>> Suggested-by: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Fixes: 752d3a23d1f6 ("ARM: dts: add MFC codec device node for >>> exynos3250") >> >> There is no bug to fix and backporting is forbidden as it breaks the usage of >> DTS in older kernel. >> > Okay will remove this Fix tag in next series. >>> Signed-off-by: Aakarsh Jain <aakarsh.jain@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos3250.dtsi | 2 +- >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos3250.dtsi >>> b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos3250.dtsi >>> index 326b9e0ed8d3..98105c64f7d9 100644 >>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos3250.dtsi >>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos3250.dtsi >>> @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ >>> }; >>> >>> mfc: codec@13400000 { >>> - compatible = "samsung,mfc-v7"; >>> + compatible = "samsung,exynos3250-mfc"; >> >> The change is non-bisectable and breaks using DTS in older kernel. >> > Right, so what is your suggestion on this? > I can see two ways here: > 1> To squash patch2 and patch3 in one? > 2> Have a warning about this breakage in the patch-3 commit message? Here - nothing except implementing bindings. The suggestion was given to the bindings patch - use fallback. Best regards, Krzysztof