Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] dt-bindings: net: dsa: realtek: cleanup compatible strings

From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@gmail.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Linus Walleij" <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	"Alvin Šipraga" <alsi@bang-olufsen.dk>,
	"Andrew Lunn" <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	"Vivien Didelot" <vivien.didelot@gmail.com>,
	"Florian Fainelli" <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
	"Vladimir Oltean" <olteanv@gmail.com>,
	"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"Rob Herring" <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	krzk+dt@kernel.org, "Arınç ÜNAL" <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] dt-bindings: net: dsa: realtek: cleanup compatible strings
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 10:56:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220422105616.15f4695d@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJq09z5zU1WT4bHjv-=aX49XweKnOmLhnL2w8gSaBe7=Ov1APw@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 17:29:00 -0300 Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote:
> > This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
> > by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:
> >
> > On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 20:35:57 -0300 you wrote:  
> > > Compatible strings are used to help the driver find the chip ID/version
> > > register for each chip family. After that, the driver can setup the
> > > switch accordingly. Keep only the first supported model for each family
> > > as a compatible string and reference other chip models in the
> > > description.
> > >
> > > The removed compatible strings have never been used in a released kernel.
> > >
> > > [...]  
> >
> > Here is the summary with links:
> >   - [net,v2,1/2] dt-bindings: net: dsa: realtek: cleanup compatible strings
> >     https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/6f2d04ccae9b
> >   - [net,v2,2/2] net: dsa: realtek: remove realtek,rtl8367s string
> >     https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/fcd30c96af95
> >  
> 
> I was expecting to get those patches merged to net as well. Otherwise,
> the "realtek,rtl8367s" we are removing will get into a released
> kernel.

Seems reasonable. Unless someone objects I'll "yolo it" and apply 
the patches to net as well.