[GIT PULL] Allwinner Fixes for 5.10

Arnd Bergmann arnd at kernel.org
Thu Oct 29 17:40:01 EDT 2020


On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 10:23 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 8:06 PM Maxime Ripard <mripard at kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Mostly some fixes for a fallout in a PHY driver that pointed out errors
> > in our DTs.
>
> Can you clarify what this means for compatibility of the dtb files?
>
> I would assume that the modified .dts files all work on older kernels
> because you fix the setting, but at least some of them require
> the patch with newer kernels, right?
>
> Are they all broken without the change? Are other platforms
> likely to suffer the same problem? IIRC seems that at least
> the SynQuacer box had the same issue, but I don't yet
> understand how common the problem is.

To clarify: I had pulled the branch already when I replied, but the
automated email for that apparently did not trigger.

I would like to know the background here mainly so I can put
it into my pull request to Linus.

       Arnd



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