Hi Simon, Rob,
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > +Required properties:
>> > +- compatible: "renesas,usb-phy-r8a7790" if the device is a part of R8A7790 SoC.
>> > + "renesas,usb-phy-r8a7791" if the device is a part of R8A7791 SoC.
>>
>> As this is a new driver, I think you should switch to the recommended
>> vendor/soc/device ordering, which is also supported by checkpatch (incl.
>> wildcard matching!), i.e. "renesas,r8a7790-usb-phy" etc.
>
> A while ago we were asked to consolidate our drivers around a consistent
> scheme. At the time the <vendor>,<device>-<version> scheme, where version =
(after talking around at ELC) It's my understanding this was a silly mistake.
> SoC for most Renesas parts, was agreed to be acceptable and we have
> (hopefully) consistently been using that ever since.
We did for everything except for clock drivers, sound, and thermal.
> So unless there has been a policy change I would prefer to keep using this
> scheme (i.e. leave the bindings above as-is). And update checkpatch if that
> is appropriate.
Rob, can we have the official policy documented in
Documentation/devicetree/bindings?
Thanks!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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