From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sascha Hauer Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: match the compatible in the order set by the dts file Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 09:51:24 +0200 Message-ID: <20130709075124.GR516@pengutronix.de> References: <1373013818-11365-1-git-send-email-b32955@freescale.com> <20130709070541.GQ516@pengutronix.de> <51DBBFDA.70302@freescale.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51DBBFDA.70302@freescale.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Huang Shijie Cc: grant.likely@linaro.org, devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rob.herring@calxeda.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 03:46:34PM +0800, Huang Shijie wrote: > =E4=BA=8E 2013=E5=B9=B407=E6=9C=8809=E6=97=A5 15:05, Sascha Hauer =E5= =86=99=E9=81=93: > >Why don't you set the matching order in the driver the way you want = it > >to be, i.e.: > > > > { .compatible =3D "fsl,imx6q-uart", ... }, > > { .compatible =3D "fsl,imx21-uart", ... }, > > { .compatible =3D "fsl,imx1-uart", ... }, > > > yes. i can set it like this. >=20 > but this method looks like a ugly workaround. If a driver has different ways of supporting a single device, then putting the preferred or most feature rich on top doesn't look very ugl= y to me. Sascha --=20 Pengutronix e.K. | = | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/= | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 = | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-555= 5 |