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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: pwm: google,cros-ec: include generic pwm
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To:     Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>, Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
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On 24/02/2022 11:06, Heiko Stuebner wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2022, 11:02:48 CET schrieb Lee Jones:
>> On Wed, 23 Feb 2022, Heiko Stuebner wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Lee,
>>>
>>> Am Mittwoch, 23. Februar 2022, 10:16:01 CET schrieb Lee Jones:
>>>> On Mon, 14 Feb 2022, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Include generic pwm.yaml schema, which enforces PWM node naming.  Keep
>>>>> the old name in bindings as deprecated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/google,cros-ec.yaml    | 4 ++++
>>>>
>>>> Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
>>>
>>> what is your expectation regarding this patch?
>>>
>>> Are you planning to merge it or are you expecting this to go through
>>> some other tree?
>>>
>>> The binding-change here is backward-comaptible in that the old
>>> node-name is still in it, only marked as deprecated, so in theory
>>> this patch should be able to be applied on its own without
>>> causing defects.
>>
>> In an ideal world, it would be broken up and I would take the MFD
>> part.   Is that possible or are there dependencies?
> 
> That is also what Krzysztof had in mind - see his reply to patch4.
> Binding going through the MFD tree and soc maintainers applying
> the individual dts patches.
> 
> As written the binding change is backward compatible, so no harm.
> 
> I was just confused by the "Acked-by" and wanted to clarify how you
> see it ;-)
>

The bindings patch should not be split more, but itself can be taken
alone. DTS patches can go via SoC maintainer trees.


Best regards,
Krzysztof