Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam - de-CHIP-ify device tree compatibles

[Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 06:59:51PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 04:52:20PM -0500, Kim Phillips wrote:
> > - all the integration parameters have been captured by the binding.
> > - the block name really uniquely identifies this hardware.
> > 
> > Some advocate putting SoC names everywhere in case software needs
> > to work around some chip-specific bug, but more precise SoC
> > information already exists in SVR, and board information already
> > exists in the top-level device tree node.
> > 
> > Note that sometimes the SoC name is a worse identifier than the
> > block version, as the block version can change between revisions
> > of the same SoC.
> > 
> > As a matter of historical reference, neither SEC versions 2.x
> > nor 3.x (driven by talitos) ever needed CHIP references.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@freescale.com>
> 
> <sigh>  Very well.  As long as some level of versioning is used on the
> compatible values, I guess I can live with it.
> 
> Acked-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>

Patch applied.  Thanks!
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