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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@kernel.org>, Jan Dabros <jsd@semihalf.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] i2c: designware: Use device_is_compatible() instead of custom approach
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:09:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aWe_pcSm3tJZhNxw@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260114115304.GC2275908@black.igk.intel.com>

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 12:53:04PM +0100, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 09:17:51AM +0100, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > We use MODEL_MSCC_OCELOT effectively is a flag for comparing against
> 
> as a flag?

Yes, sorry for the typo.

> > "compatible" property. Use device_is_compatible() directly to make it
> > clear.
> 
> Okay but if something else ever needs this same quirk then we would need to
> add new entry here and also to the IDs list.

Yes, that's how DT works and there are, of course, examples all over
the kernel, first that comes to my mind: drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pltfm.c.

> With the flag you can have the IDs in a single place not all over the
> driver.

Makes the reality harder to read. If I know that the same quirk is used by
different platform (in terms of compatible string) I will see it immediately
from the code. Flag is meaningless.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-14 16:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-14  8:17 [PATCH v1 0/2] i2c: designware: Clean up MODEL_* definitions Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-14  8:17 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] i2c: designware: Remove not-going-to-be-supported code for Baikal SoC Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-14 11:50   ` Mika Westerberg
2026-01-15 15:23   ` Andi Shyti
2026-01-14  8:17 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] i2c: designware: Use device_is_compatible() instead of custom approach Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-14 11:53   ` Mika Westerberg
2026-01-14 16:09     ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2026-01-15  5:39       ` Mika Westerberg
2026-01-15  7:41         ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-15 10:06           ` Mika Westerberg
2026-01-22 11:10   ` Andi Shyti
2026-01-22 11:49     ` Andy Shevchenko

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