Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] dt-bindings: PCI: xilinx-cpm: Remove version number in compatible string

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Apr 19 2022 - 10:13:10 EST


On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 7:22 AM Bharat Kumar Gogada <bharatku@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 02:46:25PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> > > On 4/14/22 11:22, Bharat Kumar Gogada wrote:
> > > > Removing unnecessary version number in compatible string.
> > >
> > > I am missing reason for this in commit message.
> >
> > Agreed. The commit log for the pcie-xilinx-cpm.c change also needs to
> > explain why removing the version is useful and safe.
>
> HI Bjorn, Michal,
>
> The CPM block is hard block, Rob pointed out that versioning has no value here.
> Will resend patch with this detail.

I did not say to remove the existing version breaking compatibility.
Just don't continue to add new version numbers.

Rob