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From: Dongpo Li <lidongpo@hisilicon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] net: hix5hd2_gmac: add generic compatible string
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 09:35:36 +0800
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On 2016/12/20 0:04, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 2:14 AM, Dongpo Li <lidongpo@hisilicon.com> wrote:
>> Hi Rob and David,
>>
>> On 2016/12/12 22:21, Rob Herring wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 5:16 AM, Dongpo Li <lidongpo@hisilicon.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Rob,
>>>>
>>>> On 2016/12/10 6:35, Rob Herring wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 09:27:58PM +0800, Dongpo Li wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>>>>> @@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ Required properties:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Example:
>>>>>>      gmac0: ethernet@f9840000 {
>>>>>> -            compatible = "hisilicon,hix5hd2-gmac";
>>>>>> +            compatible = "hisilicon,hix5hd2-gemac", "hisilicon,hisi-gemac-v1";
>>>>>
>>>>> You can't just change compatible strings.
>>>>>
>>>> Okay, maybe I should name all the compatible string with the suffix "-gmac" instead of
>>>> "-gemac". This can keep the compatible strings with the same suffix. Is this okay?
>>>> Can I just add the generic compatible string without changing the SoCs compatible string?
>>>> Like following:
>>>>         gmac0: ethernet@f9840000 {
>>>>  -              compatible = "hisilicon,hix5hd2-gmac";
>>>>  +              compatible = "hisilicon,hix5hd2-gmac", "hisilicon,hisi-gmac-v1";
>>>
>>> Yes, this is fine.
>>
>> As the patch series have been applied to net-next branch,
>> in which way should I commit this compatible fix?
>> Should I send a new patch fixing this compatible string error with "Fixes: xxx"?
>> Looking forward to your reply!
> 
> Yes to both.

Okay, thanks for your reply!
I will send the fix patch series as soon as possible.


    Regards,
    Dongpo

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