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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [POWERPC] 8xx: mpc885ads pcmcia support
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 00:17:39 +0200
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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>>> For example, you could make this
>>>
>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0compatible =3D "8xx\0mpc885ads";
>>
>> "mpc885ads-pcmcia\0mpc8xx-pcmcia" or something like that.
>
> Right. I can never remember what goes first...

It doesn't really matter all that much; "correct"
drivers probe for the most specific thing first,
then the next most specific thing they support,
etc.  It is mostly a convention.

The important thing is that you can't just call
yourself "8xx", that is way to generic a name.


Segher