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From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
To: "Csókás Bence" <csokas.bence@prolan.hu>,
	"Bartosz Golaszewski" <brgl@bgdev.pl>,
	"Linus Walleij" <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	"Rob Herring" <robh@kernel.org>,
	"Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
	"Conor Dooley" <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
	"Maxime Ripard" <mripard@kernel.org>,
	"J . Neuschäfer" <j.ne@posteo.net>,
	"Geert Uytterhoeven via gmail . com" <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] gpio: 74x164: use a compatible fallback and don't extend the driver
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:56:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <75cf4aa1-e9ab-4c61-a577-b7b866f161c7@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <de6b70f2-8fd6-4e2a-a6c1-466698be8a6b@prolan.hu>

On 10/01/2025 14:32, Csókás Bence wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2025. 01. 10. 14:00, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
>>
>> There were other suggested solutions (for instance: just use the
>> existing compatible for the On Semi variant) but I figured the most
>> common approach is to use a fallback value for 100% compatible models
>> and this is what Rob suggested as well.
>>
>> This reverts the driver change and makes the "onnn,74hc595a" compatible
>> use "fairchild,74hc595" as fallback.
> 
> Is there any reason to introduce a new compatible name at all? Does some 


Yes, DT bindings preference, see writing bindings. I assume of course
this is a separate device. You cannot use other compatible "foo" for
some other device "bar".

Best regards,
Krzysztof

      parent reply	other threads:[~2025-01-11 10:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-10 13:00 [PATCH 0/2] gpio: 74x164: use a compatible fallback and don't extend the driver Bartosz Golaszewski
2025-01-10 13:00 ` [PATCH 1/2] Revert "gpio: 74x164: Add On Semi MC74HC595A compat" Bartosz Golaszewski
2025-01-11 10:53   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-01-10 13:00 ` [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: gpio: fairchild,74hc595: use a fallback for Semi MC74HC595A Bartosz Golaszewski
2025-01-11 10:50   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-01-10 13:32 ` [PATCH 0/2] gpio: 74x164: use a compatible fallback and don't extend the driver Csókás Bence
2025-01-10 13:38   ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2025-01-10 14:09     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2025-01-10 14:14       ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2025-01-11 11:00         ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-01-12  9:57           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2025-01-13  8:22             ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2025-01-11 10:56   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]

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