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SubjectRe: [PATCH V5 1/5] dt-bindings: serial: meson: Drop legacy compatible.
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Hi Rob,
Thank you very much for your reply.

On 2022/1/11 0:18, Rob Herring wrote:
> [ EXTERNAL EMAIL ]
>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 4:42 AM Yu Tu <yu.tu@amlogic.com> wrote:
>>
>> Deprecated, don't use anymore because legacy amlogic,meson-gx-uart
>> compatible. Don't differentiate between GXBB, GXL and G12A which
>> have different revisions of the UART IP. So it's split into
>> GXBB,GXL and G12A.
>
> You are breaking compatibility. If your dts is updated to use the new
> compatible, then a kernel without the change will not work anymore. It
> worked before without understanding the changes you are making. It
> should continue to. A compatible value like this would accomplish what
> you want:
>
> "amlogic,meson-gxbb-uart", "amlogic,meson-gx-uart", "amlogic,meson-ao-uart"
>
> A new kernel will match on "amlogic,meson-gxbb-uart" or
> "amlogic,meson-gx-uart" depending if the dtb is updated or not. An old
> kernel will continue to match on "amlogic,meson-gx-uart".
>
> If you are going to go breaking things, the power domain distinction
> in the compatible is odd...
>
I will not blindly delete this "amlogic, meson-gx-uart" compatible as
you suggest, just make a comment until all DTS changes are finished.
>
> Rob
>

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