On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:18:59AM -0400, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Hello Marek,
> 
> On 05/24/2016 09:31 AM, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> > Use generic reserved memory bindings and mark old, custom properties
> > as obsoleted.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprow...@samsung.com>
> > ---
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/media/s5p-mfc.txt          | 39 
> > +++++++++++++++++-----
> >  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/s5p-mfc.txt 
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/s5p-mfc.txt
> > index 2d5787e..92c94f5 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/s5p-mfc.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/s5p-mfc.txt
> > @@ -21,15 +21,18 @@ Required properties:
> >    - clock-names : from common clock binding: must contain "mfc",
> >               corresponding to entry in the clocks property.
> >  
> > -  - samsung,mfc-r : Base address of the first memory bank used by MFC
> > -               for DMA contiguous memory allocation and its size.
> > -
> > -  - samsung,mfc-l : Base address of the second memory bank used by MFC
> > -               for DMA contiguous memory allocation and its size.
> > -
> >  Optional properties:
> >    - power-domains : power-domain property defined with a phandle
> >                        to respective power domain.
> > +  - memory-region : from reserved memory binding: phandles to two reserved
> > +   memory regions, first is for "left" mfc memory bus interfaces,
> > +   second if for the "right" mfc memory bus, used when no SYSMMU
> > +   support is available
> > +
> > +Obsolete properties:
> > +  - samsung,mfc-r, samsung,mfc-l : support removed, please use 
> > memory-region
> > +   property instead
> > +
> > 
> 
> I wonder if we should maintain backward compatibility for this driver
> since s5p-mfc memory allocation won't work with an old FDT if support
> for the old properties are removed.

Well, minimally the commit log should indicate that compatibility is 
being broken.

Rob
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