Re: [PATCH] ata: sata_rcar: add gen[123] fallback compatibility strings

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Hi Simon,

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 10:30:42AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
>> Add fallback compatibility string for R-Car Gen 1, 2 and 3.
>>
>> In the case of Renesas R-Car hardware we know that there are generations of
>> SoCs, e.g. Gen 1 and 2. But beyond that its not clear what the relationship
>> between IP blocks might be. For example, I believe that r8a7779 is older
>> than r8a7778 but that doesn't imply that the latter is a descendant of the
>> former or vice versa.
>>
>> We can, however, by examining the documentation and behaviour of the
>> hardware at run-time observe that the current driver implementation appears
>> to be compatible with the IP blocks on SoCs within a given generation.
>>
>> For the above reasons and convenience when enabling new SoCs a
>> per-generation fallback compatibility string scheme being adopted for
>> drivers for Renesas SoCs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Based on libata/for-next
>> ---
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/sata_rcar.txt | 15 ++++++++++++---
>>  drivers/ata/sata_rcar.c                             | 12 ++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/sata_rcar.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/sata_rcar.txt
>> index 0764f9ab63dc..b44048176938 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/sata_rcar.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/sata_rcar.txt
>> @@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
>>  * Renesas R-Car SATA
>>
>>  Required properties:
>> -- compatible         : should contain one of the following:
>> +- compatible         : should contain one or more of the following:
>>                         - "renesas,sata-r8a7779" for R-Car H1
>> -                         ("renesas,rcar-sata" is deprecated)
>>                         - "renesas,sata-r8a7790-es1" for R-Car H2 ES1
>>                         - "renesas,sata-r8a7790" for R-Car H2 other than ES1
>>                         - "renesas,sata-r8a7791" for R-Car M2-W
>>                         - "renesas,sata-r8a7793" for R-Car M2-N
>>                         - "renesas,sata-r8a7795" for R-Car H3
>> +                       - "renesas,rcar-gen1-sata" for a generic R-Car Gen1 compatible device

Given R-Car H1 is the only member of the R-Car Gen1 family that has SATA
(both M1A and E1 don't seem to have it), do we want to support
"renesas,rcar-gen1-sata" in the bindings...

>> +                       - "renesas,rcar-gen2-sata" for a generic R-Car Gen2 compatible device
>> +                       - "renesas,rcar-gen3-sata" for a generic R-Car Gen3 compatible device
>> +                       - "renesas,rcar-sata" is deprecated

>> --- a/drivers/ata/sata_rcar.c
>> +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_rcar.c
>> @@ -858,6 +858,18 @@ static struct of_device_id sata_rcar_match[] = {
>>               .compatible = "renesas,sata-r8a7795",
>>               .data = (void *)RCAR_GEN2_SATA
>>       },
>> +     {
>> +             .compatible = "renesas,rcar-gen1-sata",
>> +             .data = (void *)RCAR_GEN1_SATA
>> +     },

... and in the driver?
It already matches on (deprecated) "renesas,rcar-sata" and
"renesas,sata-r8a7779"?

>> +     {
>> +             .compatible = "renesas,rcar-gen2-sata",
>> +             .data = (void *)RCAR_GEN2_SATA
>> +     },
>> +     {
>> +             .compatible = "renesas,rcar-gen3-sata",
>> +             .data = (void *)RCAR_GEN2_SATA
>> +     },
>>       { },

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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