[PATCH 0/2] Fix Arm Ltd board node name collisions

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Tue Nov 9 14:22:51 PST 2021


On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 5:46 PM Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org> wrote:

> This does break DT ABI compatibility which is partially mitigated if
> these changes are backported to stable. The alternative is reverting the
> referenced DT changes and coming up with different node names without
> unit-addresses. Ultimately, ABI issues are platform maintainers'
> decision, not mine.

I don't mind breaking the ABI for these boards since everyone I
know rebuild the DT with the kernel and boot. I don't know if
other users flash it though, so check what Sudeep says.

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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