Re: [PATCH 4/7] tty: 8250: omap eliminate use of of_machine_is_compatible()

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Hi Peter,

On Thursday 09 July 2015 05:30 AM, Peter Hurley wrote:
> Hi Sekhar,
> 
> On 07/06/2015 05:47 AM, Sekhar Nori wrote:
>> Use of of_machine_is_compatible() for AM335x specific DMA
>> quirk in 8250_omap driver makes it ugly to extend the
>> quirk for other platforms. Instead use a new compatible.
>>
>> The new compatible will also make it easier to care of other
>> quirks specific to AM335x and like SoCs.
>>
>> This patch does break backward DTB compatibility for users of
>> 8250_omap driver on AM335x boards.
> 
> Not ok.
> 
> 8250_omap was released with 3.19 and has been the default driver for
> BeagleBone since 4.0.

Alright, I guess I was really stretching my luck here. Will keep the
of_machine_is_compatible() around so there should be no backward
compatibility issue.

Thanks,
Sekhar

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