Re: [PATCH net 1/2] dt-bindings: net: dsa: realtek: cleanup compatible strings

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>]

On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 8:25 AM Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca
<luizluca@gmail.com> wrote:

> Compatible strings are used to help the driver find the chip ID/version
> register for each chip family. After that, the driver can setup the
> switch accordingly. Keep only the first supported model for each family
> as a compatible string and reference other chip models in the
> description.
>
> CC: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220414014055.m4wbmr7tdz6hsa3m@bang-olufsen.dk/
> Signed-off-by: Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@gmail.com>

OK, I suppose we know that Realtek has always maintained the
ID numbers in the hardware? Otherwise we will end up where
bindings/arm/primecell.yaml is: hardware ID numbers that were
supposed to be updated but weren't, so now both DT and the
kernel has to go through all kinds of loops and hoops to make it
work by encoding the number that should have been in the
hardware is instead in the device tree...

Yours,
Linus Walleij