Re: [PATCH 4/4] net: stmmac: sun8i: Remove the compatibles

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Aug 28 2017 - 18:23:06 EST


From: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:12:17 +0200

> Since the bindings have been controversial, and we follow the DT stable ABI
> rule, we shouldn't let a driver with a DT binding that might change slip
> through in a stable release.
>
> Remove the compatibles to make sure the driver will not probe and no-one
> will start using the binding currently implemented. This commit will
> obviously need to be reverted in due time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to net tree.