Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: ARM: Mediatek: Remove msdc binding of mt8192 clock

[Miles Chen]

Hi Rob,

>On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 01:31:11PM +0800, Miles Chen wrote:
>> Hi Rob,
>> 
>> >> From: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> 
>> >> The msdc gate is part of the MMC driver. Delete the binding description
>> >> of this node.
>> > 
>> >An ABI break is okay because ...?
>> 
>> Sorry for that, 
>> 
>> If the mediatek,mt8192-msdc part is removed from the driver, 
>
>That's an ABI break too. You just need to explain why as Matthias did in 
>the commit message if the ABI break is okay.

Thanks for your explanation.

I would like to learn more about this. In this case
If there was a user (say xxx.c) but the user was removed, can I remove mediatek,mt8192-msdc?

thanks,
Miles

>
>> Is it ok to keep "mediatek,mt8192-msdc" in the binding document? or 
>> we should add '# deprecated' to "mediatek,mt8192-msdc" and keep the example.
>
>We do that sometimes, but depends on the situation.
>
>Rob