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Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/20] dt-bindings: pinctrl: mediatek: mt7620: split
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To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>
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        Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@gmail.com>,
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On 9.03.2023 12:54, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 03/03/2023 01:28, arinc9.unal@gmail.com wrote:
>> From: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
>>
>> The MT7628 and MT7688 SoCs contain different pin muxing information,
>> therefore, should be split. This can be done now that there are compatible
>> strings to distinguish them from other SoCs.
>>
>> Split the schema out to mediatek,mt76x8-pinctrl.yaml.
>>
>> Remove mediatek,mt76x8-pinctrl from mt7620.
>>
>> Deprecate ralink,mt7620-pinctrl. The reason is, the DTs for mt76x8 which
>> use this string will incorrectly match the pin muxing information for
>> mt7620. There's a new string, mediatek,mt7620-pinctrl, which makes the
>> deprecation possible.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
>> ---
>>   .../pinctrl/mediatek,mt7620-pinctrl.yaml      | 380 +--------------
>>   .../pinctrl/mediatek,mt76x8-pinctrl.yaml      | 450 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 459 insertions(+), 371 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/mediatek,mt76x8-pinctrl.yaml
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/mediatek,mt7620-pinctrl.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/mediatek,mt7620-pinctrl.yaml
>> index 11530b29d52b..38b71c74b9a0 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/mediatek,mt7620-pinctrl.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/mediatek,mt7620-pinctrl.yaml
>> @@ -11,16 +11,13 @@ maintainers:
>>     - Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@gmail.com>
>>   
>>   description: |
>> -  MediaTek MT7620 pin controller for MT7620, MT7628 and MT7688 SoCs.
>> +  MediaTek MT7620 pin controller for MT7620 SoC.
>>     The pin controller can only set the muxing of pin groups. Muxing individual
>>     pins is not supported. There is no pinconf support.
>>   
>>   properties:
>>     compatible:
>> -    enum:
>> -      - mediatek,mt7620-pinctrl
>> -      - mediatek,mt76x8-pinctrl
>> -      - ralink,mt7620-pinctrl
> 
> I see removal, not deprecation.

I thought deprecation meant removing a string with explanation on the 
patch log, as I remember from my conversation with you and Rob on this 
patch series.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-devicetree/87c9bf7e-f290-7d38-0844-7a7243688f5a@arinc9.com/

I won't have to deprecate this now that we straightened things out but 
I'd like to know the proper way to deprecate compatible strings regardless.

Arınç