Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] arm64: dts: bcmbca: update bcm4808 board dts file

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 12/07/2022 17:36, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 7/12/22 00:47, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 12/07/2022 04:11, William Zhang wrote:
>>> Update compatible string based on the new bcmbca binding rule
>>> for BCM4908 famliy based boards
>>
>> Typo - family
>>
>> Please explain why breaking the ABI (and users of these DTS_ is acceptable.
> 
> This will be largely targeted towards Rafal who supports these kinds of 
> devices with an upstream kernel. My understanding is that this is OK 
> because we will always ship a DTB matching the Linux kernel, and I 
> believe this is true for both the way that William and his group support 
> these devices, as well as how OpenWrt, buildroot or other build systems 
> envision to support these devices.
> 
> Rafal, does that sound about right?

I am fine, just maybe mention it in the commit because it literally
breaks the DTSes.

I assume you considered all possible uses outside of Linux like U-Boot,
BSD etc?

Best regards,
Krzysztof