Re: [PATCH 6/7] dt-bindings: mailbox: goog-mba: Add goog-mba mailbox bindings

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 7:10 AM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Sure, it means that if someone unexpectedly makes a new Google
> > mailbox-array that's totally incompatible then the
> > "google,mailbox-array" sounds too generic, but that doesn't feel like
> > the end of the world. You could call the new mailbox array designed in
> > the year 2037 the "google,2037-mailbox-array" and things would overall
> > be less confusing than using the "google,lga-mailbox-array" as the
> > generic.
>
> What exactly do we need to do to stop having this conversation? We've
> done this scheme and version numbers and it never ends well.
>
> The reality is the h/w folks can't help themselves from changing things,
> so nothing remains unchanged for very many generations.

Stop having the conversation with me, or with everyone?

With me, I'll stop pushing since I think I understand pretty well
where you and Krzysztof stand on the matter now. Even here, I wasn't
pushing hard on the matter but I was trying to understand exactly
where the boundary was. As I understood it, things with enough
"identification" to disambiguate themselves could use something more
generic, especially if no preexisting binding existed. I clearly
misunderstood. Mea culpa for the noise on this one.

I'm not sure how to avoid repeating the conversation with the rest of
the world. I think this will always be a confusing topic.

-Doug