Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:35:46 +0200
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] DT bindings as ABI [was: Do we have
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On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:09:57AM -0400, jonsmirl@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 3.z kernel is free to alter the schema. But it will have to supply the
> necessary quirks needed to keep those old dtb's functioning.

The quirks idea sounds okay to me, if it can really provide forward
compatibility. In practice, I doubt anyone will really spend the
effort to make this work. I think it would be much easier to make sure
the bindings are "future proof" in the first place.

Thanks,
Richard
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