RE: [PATCH 0/6] i2c-imx-lpi2c: add IPG clock

[Peng Fan]

> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] i2c-imx-lpi2c: add IPG clock
> 
> On 16/08/2022 11:43, Peng Fan wrote:
> >> No. For such patch ABI break is also not allowed in that case. Just
> >> make the driver backwards compatible and both problems - non
> >> bisectability and ABI break - go away.
> >
> > One more point that I am not very clear about "non bisectability and
> > ABI break "
> >
> > ABI, I suppose you mean dt-binding, right?
> > The I2C bindings and dts update will go through different tree, I
> > think. So dtbs_check may fail considering the PR merge order.
> 
> ABI break means breaking Application Binary Interface, so out of tree DTS
> conforming to old bindings stop working with new kernel.
> 
> ABI is described by bindings and implemented by driver. You broke it in the
> driver.

Thanks for your explanation. V2 will take care of this.

Thanks,
Peng.
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof