Re: [PATCH 05/11] iio: adc: qcom-spmi-adc5: remove support for ADC7 compatible string

[Jishnu Prakash]

Hi Jonathan,

On 7/8/2023 8:30 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 12:58:29 +0530
> Jishnu Prakash <quic_jprakash@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Now that usage of "ADC7" name has been replaced with usage of "ADC5
> > Gen2" name everywhere, remove the "qcom,spmi-adc7" compatible string.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jishnu Prakash <quic_jprakash@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Nope.  Unless all your dts files are distributed with the kernel, dropping
> this breaks anyone who upgrades the kernel against an older firmware...
>
> So even after the rename, you need to keep the deprecated naming around for
> the binding side of things.
>
> Jonathan
>
> > ---

Yes, I'll drop this patch, will just mark the older name as deprecated.

Thanks,

Jishnu