Re: [PATCH v6 1/4 RESEND] ARM: dts: qcom: Use new compatibles for crypto nodes

From: Bhupesh Sharma
Date: Tue Sep 20 2022 - 06:48:28 EST


On Tue, 20 Sept 2022 at 15:09, Krzysztof Kozlowski
<krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 20/09/2022 10:57, Bhupesh Sharma wrote:
> >>> crypto: crypto@8e3a000 {
> >>> - compatible = "qcom,crypto-v5.1";
> >>> + compatible = "qcom,ipq4019-qce";
> >>
> >> There are few issues here:
> >> 1. Compatible is not documented.
> >
> > Its documented here:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-msm/30756e6f-952f-ccf2-b493-e515ba4f0a64@xxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > [as mentioned in the dependency section in the cover letter :)]
> >
> >> 2. Compatible is not supported by old kernel - ABI break.
>
> You cannot fix this with dependencies/ordering.
>
> >> 3. Everything won't be bisectable...
> >
> > I think its a question of dependencies b/w the patchsets intended for
> > separate areas. Let me think more on how, I can resolve it in newer
> > versions.
>
> DTS always goes separately so this also cannot be fixed with ordering or
> dependencies. However if Bjorn is fine with it, it's good.

Sure, I get your point. SInce I haven't sent out the crypto driver and
DMA driver subsets yet, let me stop and respin the series with the
dt-bindings changes clubbed with the crypto driver patches in a single
patchset. I can keep the DMA and dts patchsets separate and send them
out separately.

I think that should help maintain the ABI and backward compatibility.
Please let me know if you think otherwise.

Thanks,
Bhupesh