Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: spi: renesas,sh-msiof: Add r8a7742 support

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Hi Mark,

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 6:49 PM Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 01:59:24PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 1:08 PM Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > To repeat my previous feedback I'd expect a driver update as well.
>
> > No driver update is needed.
>
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/renesas,sh-msiof.yaml says:
>
> I'm much more comfortable explicitly listing the new compatible so that
> even if someone makes a DT that doesn't bother listing the fallbacks
> things will work.

Adding all of them would cause even more churn when adding support for
a new SoC... There are already more than 700 "renesas," compatible
values documented that are not directly matched by drivers.
Nowadays we have "make dtbs_check", so if a DTS doesn't conform to the
binding, it will be flagged.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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