Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Renesas R9A06G032 PINCTRL Driver

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 9:49 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:59 AM Phil Edworthy <phil.edworthy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 05 September 2018 10:37, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
> > > Have the VxWorks DT bindings been submitted for review to the devicetree
> > > mailing list?
>
> > I'm not involved with the VxWorks port, but I am pretty sure that they have
> > not been submitted for review.
>
> We have had other cases where deployments on other OSes have been
> establishing bindings (even not very pretty ones).
>
> Examples include typically the Power MacIntosh and the original SPARC
> bindings.

Which predated FDT support in Linux by more than a decade, with the
latter predating even p1275?

While I see merit in compatibility with other existing OSes, I prefer not
to deviate from standard DT bindings, if they exist.

Over time, we've even migrated from Renesas-specific DT bindings to
standard DT bindings, in already upstreamed SoC support.

If needed, I guess a script can be written to convert DTS files from the
old to the new syntax?

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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