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