Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: usb: atmel: Add Microchip LAN966x compatible string

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>]

On 20/05/2022 13:34, Herve Codina wrote:
> On Fri, 13 May 2022 14:57:55 +0200
> Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 13/05/2022 12:58, Herve Codina wrote:
>>> The USB device controller available in the Microchip LAN966x SOC
>>> is the same IP as the one present in the SAMA5D3 SOC.
>>>
>>> Add the LAN966x compatible string and set the SAMA5D3 compatible
>>> string as a fallback for the LAN966x.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina@bootlin.com>
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/atmel-usb.txt | 3 +++
>>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/atmel-usb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/atmel-usb.txt
>>> index f512f0290728..a6fab7d63f37 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/atmel-usb.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/atmel-usb.txt
>>> @@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ Required properties:
>>>  	       "atmel,at91sam9g45-udc"
>>>  	       "atmel,sama5d3-udc"
>>>  	       "microchip,sam9x60-udc"
>>> +	       "microchip,lan996x-udc"  
>>
>> No wildcards please, especially that it closely fits previous wildcard
>> (lan996x includes lan9960 which looks a lot like sam9x60...)
>>
> 
> Well, first, I made a mistake. It should be lan966x instead of lan996x.
> 
> This family is composed of the LAN9662 and the LAN9668 SOCs.
> 
> Related to the wilcard, lan966x is used in several bindings for common
> parts used by both SOCs:
> - microchip,lan966x-gck
> - microchip,lan966x-cpu-syscon
> - microchip,lan966x-switch
> - microchip,lan966x-miim
> - microchip,lan966x-serdes
> - microchip,lan966x-pinctrl

And for new bindings I pointed that it is not preferred, so already few
other started using specific compatible.

> 
> I think it makes sense to keep 'microchip,lan966x-udc' for the USB
> device controller (same controller on LAN9662 and LAN9668) and so
> keeping the same rules as for other common parts.

Having wildcard was rather a mistake and we already started correcting
it, so keeping the "mistake" neither gives you consistency, nor
correctness...


Best regards,
Krzysztof