26 Jan
2015
26 Jan
'15
7:55 p.m.
Dear Simon,
In message CAPnjgZ1wzmspVjB8dqDJBZDu2Dpu+JLSS=CmAdDPkhptYRHQJQ@mail.gmail.com you wrote:
Is this a 100% binary compatible change? If not, should we not also increment XF_VERSION ?
If a board has move to driver model and doesn't use CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT (and this should ideally not be used) then the I2C functions are not present. I tested the compatibility to a basic degree.
Maybe I'm misreading the code, but would an old standalone application image, compiled for the old jumptable format, really still run on a system with your patch applied? Only in this case we can leave the version unchanged.
Perhaps we should increment it anyway, given it is such a major code change?
It would not hurt, ideed.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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