Re: [PATCH 05/16] dt-bindings: PCI: Rename the term elbi to appl

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On 14/02/2023 20:15, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 05:43:22PM +0530, Shradha Todi wrote:
>> DT uses the name elbi in reg-names for application logic
>> registers which is a wrong nomenclature. This patch fixes
>> the same.
>>
>> This commit shouldn't be applied without changes
>> "arm64: dts: Rename the term elbi to appl" and
>> "PCI: samsung: Rename the term elbi to appl"
> 
> Which is your clue that this is an ABI break. You're stuck with the old 
> name unless the ABI break is fine for all Samsung platforms using this.

This piece is quite stable so even without many out-of-tree users, we
shouldn't break it without valid reason. Wrong nomenclature is not
necessarily valid enough.

Best regards,
Krzysztof




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