[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ASoC: fsl_ssi: Remove unneeded 'i2s-slave' property

[Nicolin Chen]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 06:49:18PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Nicolin Chen wrote:
> >I thought only the backward compatibility for DT is demanded.....
> 
> I have higher standards :-)
> 
> >But I still don't get why people would use new DT without updating
> >kernel. It's pretty fair to use old DT with newer kernel because
> >they want bug-fix patches.
> 
> The device tree is shipped with the kernel, so some people say that
> backwards compatibility is not needed anywhere.  I think it's important to
> provide backwards compatibility both ways.
> 
> I generally prefer some kind of transition period, where you can use new or
> old kernel with a new or old device tree.

I see..

> However, let me look at Fabio's patches some more.

Yes, please.