[U-Boot] [PATCH v5] Export redesign

[Simon Glass]

Hi Wolfgang,

On 26 January 2015 at 11:55, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> 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.

OK I'll do that.

Regards,
Simon