On 31/08/2022 13:52, Horatiu Vultur wrote:
> The 08/31/2022 10:29, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>
> Hi Krzysztof,
>
>>
>> On 31/08/2022 09:42, Horatiu Vultur wrote:
>>
>>> +static const struct of_device_id lan9662_otp_match[] = {
>>> + { .compatible = "microchip,lan9662-otp", },
>>> + { .compatible = "microchip,lan9668-otp", },
>>
>> This is still wrong, does not match your bindings at all and still
>> duplicates entries without driver data. One entry - 9662.
>
> I have look at some other drivers, where I can see they don't have any
> driver data. For example [1] and the bindings are here [2].
>
> [1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c#L1832
> [2] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ti,cpsw-switch.yaml#L23
There are plenty of poor examples in Linux kernel code and it is not a
reason to re-use their patterns...
> Is this also wrong, or I still can't understand how the bindings are
> working?
The topic here is not that much related to the bindings, but device
matching in Linux kernel.
>
> If I put only one entry:
> ---
> static const struct of_device_id lan9662_otp_match[] = {
> { .compatible = "microchip,lan9662-otp", },
> ---
>
> Wouldn't be a problem that the binding mentions also lan9668?
No. What could be the problem exactly, which you are afraid? Why
implementation should be a problem for a binding (which we try to be
mostly implementation independent)?
Best regards,
Krzysztof
