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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] dt-bindings: arm: qcom,coresight-tpdm: Rename
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To: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>, Mao Jinlong <quic_jinlmao@quicinc.com>
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From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
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On 13/02/2024 22:29, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 08:05:17AM -0800, Mao Jinlong wrote:
>> Change qcom,dsb-element-size to qcom,dsb-element-bits as the unit is
>> bit.
> 
> That may be, but this is an ABI and you are stuck with it. Unless, you
> can justify why that doesn't matter. (IIRC, this is new, so maybe no
> users yet?)

This was added and support queued in v6.8. This change won't make it to 
v6.8 (given it has to go via two levels and is technically not a fix).

As James also pointed out, it doesn't matter what the name is (now that
it has been published).

Suzuki