Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:26:49 +0100 | From | Nicolas Ferre <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ARM: at91/Documentation: add a README for Atmel SoCs |
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Le 13/01/2015 03:03, Olof Johansson a écrit : > On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 02:20:31PM +0100, Nicolas Ferre wrote: >> Add a README file to describe Atmel SoCs (aka AT91) support in Mainline Linux: >> - SoC list + datasheet web links >> - Basic but useful information >> - Device Tree conventions and Work In Progress statement. >> >> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com> >> Cc: ARM Maintainers <arm@kernel.org> > > Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> > > With the understanding that: > >> +Device Tree for AT91 SoCs and boards >> +------------------------------------ >> +All AT91 SoCs are converted to Device Tree. Since Linux 3.19, these products >> +must use this method to boot the Linux kernel. >> + >> +Work In Progress statement: >> +Device Tree files and Device Tree bindings that apply to AT91 SoCs and boards are >> +considered as "Unstable". To be completely clear, any at91 binding can change at >> +any time. So, be sure to use a Device Tree Binary and a Kernel Image generated from >> +the same source tree. >> +Please refer to the Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ABI.txt file for a >> +definition of a "Stable" binding/ABI. >> +This statement will be removed by AT91 MAINTAINERS when appropriated. > > While this statement is here, at the end of the day if you break a user > you're responsible for fixing them. I.e. if a tree falls in the forest > and nobody notices, then so be it. > > But you can't break existing users and point to this and get away with > it. However, hopefully based on this doc users will go with practices > that means that you can revise bindings if you have to.
Yes, that was the intention.
Thanks, bye, -- Nicolas Ferre
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