Re: [PATCH v4 3/5] net: ethernet: cpsw: introduce ti,am3352-cpsw compatible string

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On Friday 23 August 2013 11:22 AM, Benoit Cousson wrote:
> Hi Santosh,
> 
> [...]
> 
>>> +static const struct of_device_id cpsw_of_mtable[] = {
>>> +    {
>>> +        .compatible    = "ti,am3352-cpsw",
>> I didn't notice this earlier, but can't you use the IP version
>> as a compatible instead of using a SOC name. Whats really SOC specific
>> on this IP ? Sorry i have missed any earlier discussion on this but
>> this approach doesn't seem good. Its like adding SOC checks in the
>> driver subsystem.
> 
> Hehe, welcome to the club!
> I keep arguing about that as well :-)
> 
> I think we should create a Facebook group: "against-the-soc-version-in-the-compatible-string".
> 
Indeed !!

Regards,
Santosh

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