On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Jordan Crouse <jcrouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 07/01/2014 12:57 PM, Rob Clark wrote: >>> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/msm/gpu.txt >>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/msm/gpu.txt >>> new file mode 100644 >>> index 0000000..6e33efe >>> --- /dev/null >>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/drm/msm/gpu.txt >>> @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ >>> +Qualcomm adreno/snapdragon GPU >>> + >>> +Required properties: >>> +- compatible: "qcom,adreno-3xx" >> >> >> 3xx won't always be the only game in town. Not that I have a better name, >> just pointing out that it has a limited shelf life. > > Actually, we prefer to avoid "xx" compatible strings. The compatible > should be the first actual device that is part of the xx series, and > newer IP should claim to be compatible with their own version plus the > original one (if they are possible to use with the same exact > programming model and only need extra code to deal with extensions). > > That way you'll also have a way to tell them apart in the driver if > you can't derive it out of register contents, etc. well, we could put entire chip-id (including the patch revision) in the compatible string.. ie. qcom,adreno-320.2 BR, -R > > -Olof _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
