Hi Simon,
On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 2:53 AM, Simon Horman
<horms+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In general Renesas hardware is not documented to the extent where the
> relationship between IP blocks on different SoCs can be assumed although
> they may appear to operate the same way. Furthermore the documentation
> typically does not specify a version for individual IP blocks. For these
> reasons a convention of using the SoC name in place of a version and
> providing SoC-specific compat strings has been adopted.
>
> Although not universally liked this convention is used in the bindings for
> most drivers for Renesas hardware. The purpose of this patch is to
> update the Renesas R-Car DMA Controller driver to follow this convention.
Thanks for tackling this!
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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