Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-bindings: ti-serdes-mux: Deprecate header with constants

From: Peter Rosin
Date: Sat Jul 22 2023 - 06:19:07 EST


Hi!

2023-07-21 at 14:57, Jayesh Choudhary wrote:
> The constants to define the idle state of SERDES MUX were defined in
> bindings header. They are used only in DTS and driver uses the dt property
> to set the idle state making it unsuitable for bindings.
> The constants are moved to header next to DTS ("arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/")
> and all the references to bindings header are removed.
> So add a warning to mark this bindings header as deprecated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jayesh Choudhary <j-choudhary@xxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best to keep this patch together with 1/2, so I'm assuming they will
take the same path to Linus, and that an ack from me will suffice.
Thanks again!

Acked-by: Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,
Peter

> ---
> include/dt-bindings/mux/ti-serdes.h | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/dt-bindings/mux/ti-serdes.h b/include/dt-bindings/mux/ti-serdes.h
> index 669ca2d6abce..b0b1091aad6d 100644
> --- a/include/dt-bindings/mux/ti-serdes.h
> +++ b/include/dt-bindings/mux/ti-serdes.h
> @@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
> #ifndef _DT_BINDINGS_MUX_TI_SERDES
> #define _DT_BINDINGS_MUX_TI_SERDES
>
> +/*
> + * These bindings are deprecated, because they do not match the actual
> + * concept of bindings but rather contain pure constants values used only
> + * in DTS board files.
> + * Instead include the header in the DTS source directory.
> + */
> +#warning "These bindings are deprecated. Instead, use the header in the DTS source directory."
> +
> /* J721E */
>
> #define J721E_SERDES0_LANE0_QSGMII_LANE1 0x0