Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] dt-bindings: pwm: amlogic: add new compatible for meson8 pwm type

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 29/11/2023 17:41, neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>    .../devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-amlogic.yaml  | 52 ++++++++++++++++---
>>>>    1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-amlogic.yaml
>>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-amlogic.yaml
>>>> index 387976ed36d5..eece390114a3 100644
>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-amlogic.yaml
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-amlogic.yaml
>>>> @@ -21,23 +21,35 @@ properties:
>>>>              - amlogic,meson-g12a-ee-pwm
>>>>              - amlogic,meson-g12a-ao-pwm-ab
>>>>              - amlogic,meson-g12a-ao-pwm-cd
>>>> -          - amlogic,meson-s4-pwm
>>>> +        deprecated: true
>>>>          - items:
>>>>              - const: amlogic,meson-gx-pwm
>>>>              - const: amlogic,meson-gxbb-pwm
>>>> +        deprecated: true
>>>>          - items:
>>>>              - const: amlogic,meson-gx-ao-pwm
>>>>              - const: amlogic,meson-gxbb-ao-pwm
>>>> +        deprecated: true
>>>>          - items:
>>>>              - const: amlogic,meson8-pwm
>>>>              - const: amlogic,meson8b-pwm
>>>> +        deprecated: true
>>>
>>> I think deprecated should be moved in a third patch
>>
>> The complain on v2 was that it was not clear the new binding was making
>> the old one obsolete. It looked to me that the deprecation old bindings
>> needed to go together with the introduction of the new.
>>
>> I don't mind one way or the other
>>
>> Is there a rule somewhere about this ?
> 
> Not sure about that, I don't think it's a problem to have both valid
> at the same time, setting them deprecated afterwards looks cleaner
> to avoid mixing too much changes at the same time.

For me current order is correct and intuitive: you add new binding,
because old binding was wrong, so the old binding should be deprecated.
Otherwise you have a state with both new and old binding and one could
question - why did we need new binding? For dtschema it does not matter,
but it matters how we read the code.

Best regards,
Krzysztof