On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:05:15PM +0300, Tomi Valkeinen wrote: > On 19/05/14 19:04, Tony Lindgren wrote: > > > In many cases however we do have multiple compatible strings that > > describe how the device is wired. See drivers/tty/serial/of_serial.c > > for example. It has "ns16550" but then it also has additional > > "nvidia,tegra20-uart", "nxp,lpc3220-uart" and "ibm,qpace-nwp-serial". > > All those sound like SoC components. In that case it sounds fine to have > the device compatible contain the SoC name. We're talking here about > external, detachable devices. > > >>> Not use what you're after with the SPI example though, but sounds > >>> like that's something different. > >> > >> I think Sebastien's example is just like the issue here. > > > > Hmm is there some existing example in the kernel like that? > > No, Sebastien's example was just a hypothetical case. Here, using your > way of having SoC specific data in the .dts, we would have > "sharp,ls037v7dw01-omap-dss", and in Sebastien's example with a touch > sensor we'd have, say, "synaptics,xyz123-omap-spi". Yes, that's what I wanted to say :) My name is spelled Sebastian, though. Sebastien is the French variant as far as i know. -- Sebastian
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