Hi Javier,
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas
<javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/21/2016 11:14 AM, Sylwester Nawrocki wrote:
>> On 10/21/2016 03:58 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>> The samsung,power-domain was made deprecated (although not explicitly)
>>> in January 2015 (0da658704136 ("ARM: dts: convert to generic power
>>> domain bindings for exynos DT")) so how about:
>>> 1. Printing a dev_warn() about usage of deprecated bindings.
>>> 2. Complete removal in January 2017?
>>
>> I doubt anyone will ever use new mainline kernel with older dts/dtb
>> so IMHO it makes sense to queue a patch removing support for the
>> deprecated compatible just now and don't bother with a warning.
>>
>
> FWIW I agree with you. I don't know of any Exynos machine that ships a DT
> as read-only. Even consumer devices like the Exynos Chromebooks use a FIT
> image (kernel + FDT bundled), so the DT can always be updated.
>
> Removing the support for the deprecated property sound sensible to me.
I'm happy to hear that!
Thanks!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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