Re: [PATCH 05/13] clk: qcom: apcs-msm8916: get parent clock names from DT

From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Mon Dec 17 2018 - 18:37:48 EST


Quoting Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz (2018-12-17 01:46:22)
> Allow accessing the parent clock names required for the driver
> operation by using the device tree node.
>
> This permits extending the driver to other platforms without having to
> modify its source code.
>
> For backwards compatibility leave previous values as default.

Why do we need to maintain backwards compatibility? Isn't is required
that the nodes have clocks properties?