Re: [PATCH 5/7] dt-bindings: cache: ax45mp-cache: rename ax45mp-cache to llcache

From: Conor Dooley

Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 11:40:37 EST


On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 03:00:41PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 30/03/2026 12:27, Hui Min Mina Chou wrote:
> > The AX45MP-specific cache binding is renamed to a generic Last Level
> > Cache (LLC) schema, as the driver now supports more Andes CPU cores
> > beyond just AX45MP.
> >
> > Updated compatible strings:
> > andestech,qilai-ax45mp-cache -> andestech,qilai-llcache
> > renesas,r9a07g043f-ax45mp-cache -> renesas,r9a07g043f-llcache
> > andestech,ax45mp-cache -> andestech,llcache
>
> Why? No explanations and that is clear ABI break.

Ye, I am not going to accept any compatible string renames for this
hardware. The break is too significant, since the devices *need* this to
function.

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