Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: rcar-dmac: Document SoC specific bindings

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Hi Rob,

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt
>> index 09daeef1ff22..5b902ac8d97e 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/renesas,rcar-dmac.txt
>> @@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ not described in these device tree bindings.
>>
>>  Required Properties:
>>
>> -- compatible: must contain "renesas,rcar-dmac"
>> +- compatible: "renesas,dmac-<soctype>", "renesas,rcar-dmac" as fallback.
>
> Somehow Renesas has ended up being backwards from everyone else that
> does <vendor>,<chip>-<block>. Oh well...

I know. Renesas has a mix of both :-(

As in this case the generic one does follow the "<vendor>,<family>-<block>"
pattern ("renesas,rcar-dmac"), it may make sense to use
"renesas,<soctype>-dmac", to avoid having a mix in the bindings for the same
block.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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