[linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 1/4] brcmfmac: Add brcm, nvram_file_name dt property

[arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)]

On Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:25:15 PM CEST Hans de Goede wrote:
> > So then how about making use of a more specific compatible string?
> >
> > e.g.
> >
> > brcmf {
> >         compatible = "foo,ap6210", "brcm,bcm4329-fmac";
> >         ...
> > };
> >
> > and if the compatible has more than one element you request
> > FW_NAME_<compatible>.txt as the nvram file. Or try each comptible (and
> > lastly no suffix) until you get a match. (AFAICT, this is what the
> > "model" property was originally intended for anyway, but almost nobody
> > did it right, and everyone put a user readable string into "model" for
> > boards instead of the ePAPR defined compatible string).
> 
> Hmm, interesting idea. Not sure how easy / hard it will be to implement
> this, but from a dt binding point of view it seems elegant.
> 
> Kalle, Arend, what do you think of this ?

I think that's reasonable. Also, we have precedent for using things like
the boardid as part of the compatible string, which would help do what
Kalle suggested earlier with "nvram-<boardtype>-<boardrev>.txt",
as we get that for free by trying out all the compatible strings.

	Arnd