Re: [PATCH v2 09/14] dt-bindings: pinctrl: realtek: Rename 'realtek,duty-cycle' to 'realtek,pulse-width-adjust'
From: Linus Walleij
Date: Tue Mar 10 2026 - 05:29:07 EST
On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM Yu-Chun Lin [林祐君]
<eleanor.lin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Therefore, changing this property name will not break any existing
> > > device support in the mainline tree.
> >
> > Yeah, but will break all other users.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Krzysztof
>
> I understand your concern. I will drop the property rename and keep
> realtek,duty-cycle, but I will update its description in v3 to make it clearer.
>
> Hi Linus,
> Although you agreed with the rename to realtek,pulse-width-adjust in v1, I
> will revert to the original name realtek,duty-cycle to strictly respect the
> DT backward compatibility rules. I hope this is fine with you.
Sure, it would also be possible to support both, but that is maybe
a bit messy. Let's go with the old.
Yours,
Linus Walleij