[PATCH/RFC 0/7] ARM: dts: Add compatible property to "partitions" node

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Brian,

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Brian Norris
<computersforpeace at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 08:11:37PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> As of commit e488ca9f8d4f62c2 ("doc: dt: mtd: partitions: add compatible
>> property to "partitions" node"), the "partitions" subnode of an SPI
>> FLASH device node must have a compatible property. The partitions are no
>> longer detected if it is not present.
>
> For all patches:
>
> Acked-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
>
>> I marked this series as "RFC", as the abovementioned commit is not yet
>> upstream. Ideally, the users should be fixed first, to avoid breakage.

It breaks bisectability in mainline.

> I'd differ on the last sentence. It's more important to straighten out
> the release features for 4.4 than to make sure that linux-next has
> perfect DTS files. So I'll submit whenever ready :)

If the DTS changes go in first, bisectability is preserved.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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