[PATCH] arm64: dts: marvell: Fix compatible strings for Armada 3720 boards

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Wed Jul 13 23:56:12 PDT 2022


On 13/07/2022 22:03, Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 July 2022 21:42:43 Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 13/07/2022 14:56, Pali Rohár wrote:
>>> All Armada 3720 boards have Armada 3720 processor which is of Armada 3700
>>> family and do not have Armada 3710 processor. So none of them should have
>>> compatible string for Armada 3710 processor.
>>>
>>> Fix compatible string for all these boards by removing wrong processor
>>> string "marvell,armada3710" and adding family string "marvell,armada3700"
>>> as the last one. (Note that this is same way how are defined Armada 3710
>>> DTS files).
>>
>> Please do not introduce some changes just in DTS, but start from the
>> bindings. Someone wrote the bindings like that and expected to be that
>> way, so first change the bindings with proper rationale. Then change the
>> DTS files.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
> 
> Ok, I tried to update bindings and fix example in it, see patch:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/20220713200123.22612-1-pali@kernel.org/

The reason you used here should be expressed in that commit as well
because you change the ABI and affect other users (projects, systems).

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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