Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: sprd: Change to use SoC compatible string

[Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

śr., 13 lut 2019 o 14:15 Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
>
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 20:59, Bartosz Golaszewski
> <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > śr., 13 lut 2019 o 13:49 Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
> > >
> > > Change to use SoC compatible string instead of wildcard string.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpio/gpio-pmic-eic-sprd.c |    2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pmic-eic-sprd.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pmic-eic-sprd.c
> > > index ac573da..24228cf 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pmic-eic-sprd.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pmic-eic-sprd.c
> > > @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static int sprd_pmic_eic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >  }
> > >
> > >  static const struct of_device_id sprd_pmic_eic_of_match[] = {
> > > -       { .compatible = "sprd,sc27xx-eic", },
> > > +       { .compatible = "sprd,sc2731-eic", },
> > >         { /* end of list */ }
> > >  };
> > >  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sprd_pmic_eic_of_match);
> > > --
> > > 1.7.9.5
> > >
> >
> > We guarantee to make older device-trees to work with new kernel so you
> > can add the new compatible, but you can't remove the old one.
>
> But the old one is incorrect, and we still keep it?
>

Well in theory the device-tree is supposed to be a stable ABI so once
it's released, it should work with any following kernel version.

In practice changes are sometimes allowed and there are also bugs in DT files.

Linus: what do you think?

Bart