From: Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com>
To: "Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>
Cc: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org,
broonie@kernel.org, carlo@caione.org,
linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
devicetree <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] spi: meson: Add Amlogic GXBB compatible
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:17:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2r38umf2z.fsf@baylibre.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4a199a95-3ee6-a3a0-bc8a-63bd0912e7d2@suse.de> ("Andreas Färber"'s message of "Thu, 8 Sep 2016 14:50:37 +0200")
Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de> writes:
> Am 08.09.2016 um 14:04 schrieb Andreas Färber:
>> Am 08.09.2016 um 09:53 schrieb Neil Armstrong:
>>> This patchset adds a specific compatible string in the Meson SPIFC driver for
>>> the Amlogic Meson GXBB SoC.
>>
>> Any particular reason? We could just reuse the meson6 one since there
>> appear to be no code changes so far.
>
> So Neil is essentially telling me they don't know whether there are any
> differences in the IP block, so a separate compatible string was chosen.
>
> No objection from my side, but a general clarification from device tree
> maintainers when and when not to would be appreciated. (+ devicetree)
I'm not sure what the "right" way is (Rob?) but I think the usual way is
to add new compatibles when needed.
Kevin
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-08 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <1473321206-32284-1-git-send-email-narmstrong@baylibre.com>
2016-09-08 7:53 ` [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: spi-meson: Add GXBB Compatible string Neil Armstrong
2016-09-12 19:07 ` Mark Brown
[not found] ` <1473321206-32284-2-git-send-email-narmstrong-rdvid1DuHRBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-16 15:33 ` Rob Herring
[not found] ` <293061a8-e867-4d91-20cb-6e5df8e9b543@suse.de>
2016-09-08 12:50 ` [PATCH 0/2] spi: meson: Add Amlogic GXBB compatible Andreas Färber
[not found] ` <4a199a95-3ee6-a3a0-bc8a-63bd0912e7d2-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2016-09-08 13:21 ` Ben Dooks
2016-09-16 15:28 ` Rob Herring
2016-09-08 18:17 ` Kevin Hilman [this message]
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