Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/1] mtd: nand: Add a devicetree binding for ECC strength and ECC step size
From: Ezequiel Garcia <hidden>
Date: 2014-02-11 16:08:48
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 03:49:24PM +0000, Gupta, Pekon wrote:
Hi Ezequiel,quoted
From: Ezequiel Garcia [mailto:ezequiel.garcia-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org]quoted
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt index 03855c8..683a310 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@ - nand-ecc-mode : String, operation mode of the NAND ecc mode. Supported values are: "none", "soft", "hw", "hw_syndrome", "hw_oob_first", "soft_bch".Should nand-ecc-mode also be marked as <deprecated>, and but we continue supporting it in kernel code ?
No, I wouldn't deprecate them, as they're in use by the atmel-nand and mxc-nand drivers.
If yes, then what is the life-time of these <deprecated> bindings. I mean exactly how many kernel versions should continue support deprecated bindings ?
Well, if we ever decide to deprecate a DT binding, I'd say we must keep backwards compatible forever. Yes, forever. Or at least, until the last user dies or we can steal his board :-) -- Ezequiel García, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering http://free-electrons.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html