On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:23:40AM -0600, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:01:57 -0600 > Olof Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:21:59PM +0100, Stefan Roese wrote: > > > With the removal the the "rgmii-interface" device_type property from the > > > dts files, the newemac driver needs an update to only rely on compatible > > > property. > > > > What about systems using an older dts, such as one kexec:ing from an > > older kernel? > > Like what? Kexec doesn't work on 4xx yet.
Sure, but similar restrictions would apply for customers who have a flashed device tree that want to boot a newer kernel. Deprecating old device tree support is something that should be done very carefully. > > Just because the device tree source is distributed in the kernel tree > > doesn't mean it can give up backwards compatibility. > > We checked Axon, which is the only non-DTS machine that uses EMAC and > it will work fine with this change. Ah, ok. I remember discussions about this patch before then, sounds like it's safe. I just triggered on the dts-centric patch description. Objections withdrawn. :) -Olof _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
