From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3A05C4338F for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:21:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A25A860E8E for ; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:21:56 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org A25A860E8E Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=TwmNNaZ28BswrnjXhMldpcu0TIY1kwjwGbDUk9K/HkI=; b=h/fR0c11E0XaSo e77wk/pYOe8U+iUt7ilxx1xZW+70Ty76rWcF8bmbDsmcQ9SGx8CR8tj39fFdY1tfxqZocXwzI+vQW kgMXonN6vVZU74FEfwy10EfPBWzxivYDm/WB7ZHaeiL3RiOmrTqNuOu/5rqKMRqfWWGke/873smnV +zoi/m7eI4SR1RaPB8P0Tdsj2cOMI1FhkZ6lpIBgkthGq9vFQg3PLB9fx/3fydpqZ2ySXaFErSk2R aChGgTf9VrSGEja2yiKO5OwHYtqmz4eJ3SfhTu3Rclp2bH/YlIY50fAJuUxd12WtVAwpyisC+NvRb zknlsJtZ5SQjuXafkOCA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1m6qPc-003sYs-1V; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:20:04 +0000 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1m6qNI-003rHV-01 for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:17:41 +0000 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BDD7A60EBD; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:17:38 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1627028259; bh=xnAmVgoDuokti2NByNq6/FFRGTSMhdQRxWuJi2rHC0Y=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=fzT5ISx3nPwKdbMu9BnIUTph2mjFB1lUM2vUb2DiOHFTRVsbeYjRZ9mIzVtd5w4BB 63ePNFLvEybFAJsW5Jd8b4VvRCudZ3uEULO/cI7h/8TaLYpaHj8U8tLSv9D/lxjAAz NIQs5QlX5UnLX6OUSTzkVnUrKlMhXGZ29WXZ/1RE= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:17:30 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Serge Semin Cc: Bjorn Andersson , John Stultz , Krzysztof Kozlowski , Rob Herring , Felipe Balbi , Florian Fainelli , Andy Gross , "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" , linux-arm-msm , Linux USB List , lkml , linux-arm-kernel , Amit Pundir Subject: Re: [PATCH 29/29] arm64: dts: qcom: Harmonize DWC USB3 DT nodes name Message-ID: References: <20210721100220.ddfxwugivsndsedv@mobilestation> <0064cb2c-5ca6-e693-2e89-8f045c8f7502@kernel.org> <20210721112531.xvu6ni5ksaehsrjh@mobilestation> <20210722181221.xh3r5kyu7zlcojjx@mobilestation> <20210722215451.cdhvh5jjvtv5zncl@mobilestation> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210722215451.cdhvh5jjvtv5zncl@mobilestation> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20210723_011740_091173_F506498A X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 12.85 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 12:54:51AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote: > I always thought that ABI is supposed to be something what is > thoroughly documented and firmly declared to be so. It isn't something > claimed to be on a random nature but defined to be one when it's > more-or-less standardized. Thus the Linux kernel developers decide not > to change something unless it went through the series of iterations like > testing, stable, obsolete, remove. As I see it the rule-of-thumb is > supposed to be as "nothing is ABI unless it's declared as such". Not true at all. Again, if something works in an older kernel version, and you upgrade to a new kernel version and it breaks, that is a regression and must be fixed/reverted. Lack of documentation does not mean an ABI can be changed. greg k-h _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel