On 11/01/2026 13:48, Bharadwaj Raju wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jan 2026, at 5:00 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >> Why? Was it missing? Why require it, which is an ABI break (or is not?)? >> Why is ABI break allowed or what is its impact? > > Right now there are no users of aw88261 in the kernel device tree sources. > This patch is part of an effort to mainline the FairPhone 5, for which we > will add the first use of this compatible, and there we need to specify > dvdd-supply for this chip's power supply.
You mean the bindings were incomplete? > > Since there are no present users, I thought it was OK to add a new required > property. If not, I can make it optional. Nothing like that was explained in commit msg. Also your explanation above does not consider out of tree users of this ABI. That's fine in general, but needs reason why you are doing this. Best regards, Krzysztof
