[GIT PULL] arm64: dts: juno: Updates for v4.14

Suzuki K Poulose Suzuki.Poulose at arm.com
Thu Aug 17 03:26:49 PDT 2017


On 17/08/17 10:14, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> (+Suzuki,Mathieu)
>
> Hi Arnd,
>
> On 16/08/17 22:46, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com> wrote:
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ARMv8 Vexpress/Juno DT updates for v4.14
>>>
>>> 1. Replaces old coresight ATB programmable replicator compatible with
>>>    new and more generic one
>>>
>>> 2. Replaces incorrect usage of underscores for device node names in the
>>>    device tree with hyphen
>>
>> Pulled into next/dt64.
>>
>> Regarding the change of the compatible string for the replicator, can you
>> confirm that nothing ever used the old string?
>>
>> In doubt, it might be better to keep both strings present for
>> backward-compatibility.
>>

>
> I think Rob agreed to remove the old binding on the basis that it was
> never used. That's my understanding as per the thread[1]
>
> Suzuki/Mathieu,
>
> Please shout if my understand on this is wrong.


Thats right. Coresight devices are probed via AMBA bus. So, as such the compatible
string is not used by the drivers and Rob suggested to remove the old one.

Cheers
Suzuki





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