[U-Boot] [PATCH v5] Export redesign

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Simon,

In message <CAPnjgZ1wzmspVjB8dqDJBZDu2Dpu+JLSS=CmAdDPkhptYRHQJQ at 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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