Re: [PATCH v10 2/6] dt-bindings: gpio: logicvc: Add a compatible with major version only

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On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 4:00 PM Paul Kocialkowski
<paul.kocialkowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There are lots of different versions of the logicvc block and it
> makes little sense to list them all in compatibles since all versions
> with the same major are found to be register-compatible.

The reason we try to be precise is because sometime, long after the driver
has been merged and maintained for a few years, a bug is discovered
in a specific version of the silicon.

What happens is that a fix is applied on all silicon whether it is needed
or not.

If you have the precise silicon compatible, you can avoid this and target
only a specific version.

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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