Hi Magnus,
On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 5:06 PM Magnus Damm <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 11:08 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 11:16 AM Magnus Damm <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > From: Magnus Damm <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > Update the r8a7740 to use the CMT1 DT compat string documented in:
> > > [PATCH 2/8] dt-bindings: timer: renesas, cmt: Update CMT1 on sh73a0 and
> > > r8a7740
> > >
> > > The "renesas,cmt-48" portion is left as-is to avoid breakage until the CMT
> > > driver has been updated to make use of the new DT compat strings.
> >
> > Hence wouldn't it be better to update the driver first, and the DTS in
> > the next release, so you can remove the "renesas,cmt-48" portion with
> > the single DTS update?
>
> Changing the DTS once sounds nice indeed. I guess my current series
> are optimized for easy merge of DT Binding docs and DTS. The driver
> changes are considered slow path.
>
> Regarding the driver itself, I was under the impression that
> introducing new DT compat strings is often disconnected from removing
> old DT compat strings. Do you agree?
Yes, you have to add a safety period before removing them.
> This is how I understand your proposed order:
>
> Step 1:
> - Update DT binding document to include new compat strings, remove
> deprecated compat strings
> - Add new DT compat string matching code to the driver
> - Mark old DT compat strings in driver as deprecated
>
> Step 2: (Any time after step 1 is complete)
> - Convert DTS to use DT new compat strings
>
> Step 3: (After N releases or years)
> - Remove deprecated DT compat string matching code in driver
Exactly.
Thanks!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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