Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: denali_dt: remove single anonymous clock support

[Miquel Raynal]

Hi Dinh,

Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Wed, 16 Jan
2019 10:27:11 +0900:

> (+CC Dinh Nguyen)
> 
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 5:22 PM Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Masahiro,
> >
> > Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Tue, 15 Jan
> > 2019 17:11:34 +0900:
> >  
> > > Commit 6f1fe97bec34 ("mtd: rawnand: denali_dt: add more clocks based
> > > on IP datasheet") introduced a more correct binding that requires
> > > three named clocks.
> > >
> > > Now that all upstream DT files migrated over to it, remove the single
> > > anonymous clock support.  
> >
> > I would love to do that but I think this is against the "DT backward
> > compatibility rule".  
> 
> Yeah, I know this rule, but we break DT binding from time to time.
> 
> 
> 
> > Anyway, IIRC it is accepted that this kind of
> > rule might be broken if decided per the arch-maintainer (in this
> > case, you I suppose). So if this is really what you want, I'll queue
> > it.  
> 
> My platform is fine, but this driver is used by SOCFPGA boards as well.
> 
> I CCed the SOCFPGA maintainer, Dinh Nguyen.
> 

Gentle ping on this topic.


Thanks,
MiquÃl