[GIT,PULL] arm64: dts: hisilicon dts updates for v5.13
Wei Xu
xuwei5 at hisilicon.com
Thu Apr 8 10:52:47 BST 2021
Hi Arnd,
On 2021/4/7 22:31, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 5:06 PM Wei Xu <xuwei5 at hisilicon.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi ARM-SoC team,
>>
>> Please consider to pull the following changes.
>> Thanks!
>
> I'd prefer to not break compatibility of old kernels with new dts files
> here, as this would prevent installing an old distro with an ebbr
> compliant boot loader, for purely cosmetic reasons. These are used
> in the popular 'hikey' boards, which are used in many scenarios,
> which makes it fairly likely that someone might want to install
> something other than the very latest kernel.
>
> Could you instead keep both the old and the new property in there
> for at least a few years?
Got it and it does make sense.
I will sync with Zhen Lei to see whether he want to do the change or not.
And then I will send out the new pull request.
Thanks!
Best Regards,
Wei
>
> Arnd
> .
>
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