From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:25:40 -0500 From: Robin Holt To: Grant Likely Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 3/6] flexcan: Fix up fsl-flexcan device tree binding. Message-ID: <20110815152540.GP4926@sgi.com> References: <1313138752-24006-1-git-send-email-holt@sgi.com> <1313138752-24006-4-git-send-email-holt@sgi.com> <20110815150357.GM4926@sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org, U Bhaskar-B22300 , socketcan-core@lists.berlios.de, Robin Holt , Scott Wood , PPC list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 09:13:50AM -0600, Grant Likely wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Robin Holt wrote: > > Grant, > > > > Earlier, you had asked for a more specific name for the compatible > > property of the Freescale flexcan device.  I still have not gotten a > > more specific answer.  Hopefully Marc can give you more details about > > the flexcan implementations. > > If there is no ip core version, then just stick with the > fsl,-flexcan name and drop "fsl,flexcan". Marketing may say > flexcan is flexcan, but hardware engineers like to change things. > Trying to be too generic in compatible values will just lead to > problems in the future. Thanks, Robin