On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Andrew F. Davis <afd@xxxxxx> wrote: > [Me] >> Compatible ranges from the specific to the more generic >> so compatible = "ti,74165", "pisosr"; is just fine. Something >> will match if there is a suitable driver. The OS may choose to >> provide something part-specific or something more generic. >> > > And so we won't need to have "ti,74165" in the driver itself, > if we just have "pisosr", then dts files can use what ever they > like to correctly identify the part then fall back to pisosr. > > compatible = "company,random_numbers_of_exact_part_actually_on_board", > "pisosr"; Exactly. Sorry for slow replies. Yours, Linus Walleij -- 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
