From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robin Holt Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 3/6] flexcan: Fix up fsl-flexcan device tree binding. Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:25:40 -0500 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" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org, U Bhaskar-B22300 , Kumar Gala , socketcan-core-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org, Marc Kleine-Budde , Scott Wood , PPC list , Wolfgang Grandegger To: Grant Likely Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: socketcan-core-bounces-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org Errors-To: socketcan-core-bounces-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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. =A0I still have not gotten a > > more specific answer. =A0Hopefully 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