Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: sh_eth: add R-Car Gen[12] fallback compatibility strings

[Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 09:47:44AM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> Add fallback compatibility strings for R-Car Gen 1 and 2.
> 
> In the case of Renesas R-Car hardware we know that there are generations of
> SoCs, f.e. Gen 1 and 2. But beyond that its not clear what the relationship
> between IP blocks might be. For example, I believe that r8a7790 is older
> than r8a7791 but that doesn't imply that the latter is a descendant of the
> former or vice versa.
> 
> We can, however, by examining the documentation and behaviour of the
> hardware at run-time observe that the current driver implementation appears
> to be compatible with the IP blocks on SoCs within a given generation.
> 
> For the above reasons and convenience when enabling new SoCs a
> per-generation fallback compatibility string scheme being adopted for
> drivers for Renesas SoCs.
> 
> Simon Horman (3):
>   dt-bindings: net: sh_eth: add R-Car Gen[12] fallback compatibility
>     strings
>   net: sh_eth: rename name structures as rcar_gen[12]_*
>   net: sh_eth: implement R-Car Gen[12] fallback compatibility strings

There have been a few comments on this series, I will post v2.