Re: [PATCH net v2] bnge/bng_re: fix ring ID widths

[Andrew Lunn]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 11:40:25AM +0530, Vikas Gupta wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2026 at 12:04 AM Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > - Backward compatibility with older firmware is not a concern.
> >
> > Could you expand on that please.
> 
> The backward compatibility concern raised in v1 does not apply. Thor
> Ultra hardware has not yet been deployed and no firmware has been
> released to the field. However, future revisions of HSI must maintain
> backward compatibility.

O.K, thanks.

We take backwards compatibility seriously. The fact this hardware has
not yet escaped the laboratory, is one of the few reasons acceptable
for breaking backwards compatibility, so should be stated in the
commit message. That also avoids having to answer the question again
and again.

    Andrew