Hi Rob,
On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt
>> index 09daeef1ff22..5b902ac8d97e 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt
>> @@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ not described in these device tree bindings.
>>
>> Required Properties:
>>
>> -- compatible: must contain "renesas,rcar-dmac"
>> +- compatible: "renesas,dmac-<soctype>", "renesas,rcar-dmac" as fallback.
>
> Somehow Renesas has ended up being backwards from everyone else that
> does <vendor>,<chip>-<block>. Oh well...
I know. Renesas has a mix of both :-(
As in this case the generic one does follow the "<vendor>,<family>-<block>"
pattern ("renesas,rcar-dmac"), it may make sense to use
"renesas,<soctype>-dmac", to avoid having a mix in the bindings for the same
block.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
