On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 4:11 PM Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:05:53 +0100 > Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Le jeu., juin 10 2021 at 15:58:51 +0300, Andy Shevchenko > > <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 3:47 PM Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > wrote: ... > > > I'm afraid, NAK. Otherwise, please put an explanation that clearly > > > shows that it will be no ABI breakage. > > > I.o.w. users for the existing drivers and devices will always get > > > those attributes at the same platform configuration(s). > > > > Well, the commit message says that I'm adding a mechanism to disable > > the feature. If it was actually doing anything else (like actually > > disabling it for any attribute) then I'd mention it in the commit > > message. > > > > I don't see how that possibly can be a ABI breakage. > > Ah. Both Andy and I got taken in by 'removing' in the title. Yep. I have read the patch first and my impression was that we are going to disable *existing* attributes, reading the complete series suggests it's not true. That's why I recommend to massage the commit message to avoid this confusion. > What you really mean is identifying the extended name. That's > much more acceptable :) -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko