On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Robert Schwebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 09:10:04AM -0700, Grant Likely wrote: > > Update dts files to current format > > Is it somehow possible that this device tree stuff is *not* changed over > and over again and break everything out there? When people have not even > agreed on basic things like decimal vs. hex numbers, the whole idea > should be developed out-of-tree, then stabilize and *then* be submitted > to the Linux mainline. > > Is it also really necessary to change like "gpt" vs. "timer" and "pic" > vs. "interrupt-controller" all the time? If you compare the last > mainline kernels, each one got a fundamental change in the naming, each > time breaking anyone who doesn't have his stuff in the mainline yet. > > Sorry, but this is simply annoying, and the whole "the only thing we > have to do is to define it once and be done then" is crap.
Changing to dts-v1 does *not* break old stuff. It is just a source format change. Neither does the RFC patch for removing the fsl,mpc5200b- compatible strings. I have no intention of breaking older device trees. g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev