[PATCH 07/15] dmaengine: dw: revisit data_width property

Andy Shevchenko andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Wed Jan 27 04:26:23 PST 2016


On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 15:07 -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 07:21:54PM +0000, Mans Rullgard wrote:

> > This patch changes the DT binding, so it should probably be amended
> > for
> > compatibility with old device trees.  I've included it as is since
> > I think
> > the change as such is good.
> 
> Just because you update the dts files, it doesn't make the change
> okay. 
> I'm fine with the DT change, but the driver would have to support
> both 
> old and new property names.

We will fix this.

>  Doesn't really seem worth doing to me.

The big issue with DT, you know, is hanging around names. This moves
name to be de facto standard for similar in the other drivers.

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy




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