Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] ARM: sunxi: dt: Convert to the new i2c compatibles

From: [email-masked] (Wolfram Sang)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 08:44:07 +0100

> > For non-a10, That should be at least
> > 
> > 	compatible = "allwinner,sun4i-a13-i2c", "allwinner,sun4i-a10-i2c";
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > 	compatible = "allwinner,sun4i-a13-i2c", "allwinner,sun4i-i2c";
> > 
> > depending on the outcome above.
> > 
> > Or is my knowledge outdated already?
> > 
> 
> Since they are strictly compatible, we don't need to introduce any
> different compatible string here.

You never know all errata in advance. From what I know, one should
always use the specfic naming first, and then the generic fallback. So,
in case a distinction is needed later (think errata), then one doesn't
need to change the devicetrees.

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