Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] dt-bindings: net: sh_eth: add R-Car Gen[12] fallback compatibility strings

[Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>]

On 10/17/2017 10:47 AM, 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.
> 
> Note that R-Car Gen2 and RZ/G1 have many compatible IP blocks.  The
> approach that has been consistently taken for other IP blocks is to name
> common code, compatibility strings and so on after Rcar Gen2.

    R-Car here too. :-)

> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@verge.net.au>

MBR, Sergei