[PATCH] [POWERPC] Make it blatently clear; 5200 device tree is not yet stable

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Sun Jan 14 11:31:00 EST 2007


> 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

Good idea.

> +********** 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 ***********

But could you please rephrase in a way that doesn't suggest
the *kernel* defines what the device bindings are?  They are
only documented in the kernel tree right now, sure, but that's
not the same thing ;-)


Segher




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