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SubjectRe: [PATCH 05/11] iio: adc: qcom-spmi-adc5: remove support for ADC7 compatible string
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Hi Jonathan,

On 7/8/2023 8:30 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 12:58:29 +0530
> Jishnu Prakash <quic_jprakash@quicinc.com> wrote:
>
>> Now that usage of "ADC7" name has been replaced with usage of "ADC5
>> Gen2" name everywhere, remove the "qcom,spmi-adc7" compatible string.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jishnu Prakash <quic_jprakash@quicinc.com>
> Nope. Unless all your dts files are distributed with the kernel, dropping
> this breaks anyone who upgrades the kernel against an older firmware...
>
> So even after the rename, you need to keep the deprecated naming around for
> the binding side of things.
>
> Jonathan
>
>> ---

Yes, I'll drop this patch, will just mark the older name as deprecated.

Thanks,

Jishnu

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