[PATCH] [POWERPC] Make it blatently clear; 5200 device tree is not yet stable
grant.likely at secretlab.ca
grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Sun Jan 14 10:58:19 EST 2007
From: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
---
Paulus,
Please apply for 2.6.20. This is documentation only, but I don't want
to give people false assumptions about the stability of the 5200 device
tree bindings
.../powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt | 9 +++++++++
arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts | 8 ++++++++
arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts | 8 ++++++++
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt
index 7fb3b8a..e90efe3 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx-device-tree-bindings.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ MPC52xx Device Tree Bindings
(c) 2006 Secret Lab Technologies Ltd
Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
+********** DRAFT ***********
+* WARNING: Do not depend on definiton remaining static between
+* kernel versions. The 5200 device tree conventions are still in flux
+* and could change without notice. Keep an eye on the linuxppc-dev
+* mailing list for more details
+*
+* Hopefully by 2.6.21 it will be stable. ---gcl, Jan 13, 2007
+********** DRAFT ***********
+
I - Introduction
================
Boards supported by the arch/powerpc architecture require device tree be
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts
index a8efb59..e953568 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200.dts
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
* option) any later version.
*/
+/*
+ * WARNING: Do not depend on this tree remaining static between
+ * kernel versions. The 5200 device tree conventions are still in flux
+ * and could change without notice.
+ *
+ * Hopefully by 2.6.21 it will be stable. ---gcl, Jan 13, 2007
+ */
+
/ {
model = "Lite5200";
compatible = "lite5200\0lite52xx\0mpc5200\0mpc52xx";
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts
index 1aabee4..c3123be 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/lite5200b.dts
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
* option) any later version.
*/
+/*
+ * WARNING: Do not depend on this tree remaining static between
+ * kernel versions. The 5200 device tree conventions are still in flux
+ * and could change without notice.
+ *
+ * Hopefully by 2.6.21 it will be stable. ---gcl, Jan 13, 2007
+ */
+
/ {
model = "Lite5200b";
compatible = "lite5200b\0lite52xx\0mpc5200b\0mpc52xx";
--
1.4.3.rc2.g0503
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