W dniu 28.10.2015 o 18:48, Alexandre Belloni pisze:
> On 28/10/2015 at 12:31:43 +0900, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote :
>> The s2mps13 clock driver added new name and compatible... which was
>> probably totally unneeded (I missed that during review). We don't have
>> to make this as a rule...
>>
>> Since we do not have any data about future workarounds and the
>> differences then just follow Ockham's razor - use the same name and
>> compatible.
>>
>
> So you don't care about DT backward compatibility because when a
> workaround will be needed for one of the IPs, then you will have to
> update the old dtb to use it.
Nope, DTB does not contain the name for RTC driver (s2mps15-rtc). It
will be exactly the same.
>
> Unless you are sure that the IP is the same, doing
>
> { "s2mps15-rtc", S2MPS14X },
>
> is probably the best way to handle that. Note that I personally don't
> care about the DT ABI, I'm just pointing out what may happen ;)
In case of RTC driver there is no chance of DT ABI issues here.
The clock driver is different because it contain a compatible.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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