[PATCH v1 2/2] dt-bindings: riscv: drop invalid comment about riscv,isa lower-case reasoning
Rob Herring
robh at kernel.org
Thu Apr 27 09:06:22 PDT 2023
On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:43:25 +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> "Ease of parsing" may have been the initial argument for keeping this
> string in lower-case, but parsers may have been written that expect
> lower-case only.
> For example, the one in released kernels currently does not behave
> correctly for multi-letter extensions that begin with a capital letter.
> Allowing upper-case here brings about no benefit but would break
> compatibility between new devicetrees and older kernels.
>
> Drop the comment to avoid confusing people.
>
> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
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