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

[arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)]

On Saturday, July 2, 2016 8:20:35 PM CEST Arend Van Spriel wrote:
> > If you want a separate property, then I repeat my very first
> > suggestion, the well defined model property.
> > e.g.
> > 
> > brcmf at 0 {
> >         model = "ampak,ap6210";
> >         compatible = "brcm,bcm4329-fmac";
> >         ...
> > };
> > 
> > All device nodes may have a model property, not just the top "machine" one.
> 
> I heard you the first time  I just was not sure what the implications
> would be to use it. Hence I suggested a vendor specific property.
> However, looking up and reading the definition in ePAPRv1.1 I suppose it
> is fine to use the model property:
> 
> Property: model
> Value type: <string>
> Description:
> The model property value is a <string> that specifies the manufacturer?s
> model number of the device.
> 
> The recommended format is: ?manufacturer,model?, where manufacturer is a
> string describing the name of the manufacturer (such as a stock ticker
> symbol), and model specifies the model number.

The model property is very similar to compatible, except that there is
only one entry rather than a list of entries from most specific to
most generic.

I think by writing the above example as

	compatible = "ampak,ap6210", "brcm,bcm4329-fmac";

we can provide the same functionality in a slightly simpler way, the driver
then just goes on to look for the nvram file for each entry in sequence until
it finds one.

	Arnd