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From: slash.tmp@free•fr (Mason)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm-soc: Add Sigma Designs Tango4 port
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 20:09:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <560EC863.8030600@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151002171334.GB21513@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>

On 02/10/2015 19:13, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 06:33:48PM +0200, Mason wrote:
>> On 02/10/2015 18:10, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>>
>>> Mason writes:
>>>
>>>> +		intc: intc at e000 {
>>>> +			compatible = "sigma,tango-intc";
>>>
>>> Why do you insist on using other names than the ones I've been using for
>>> months?  Just want to leave your own mark on the code?
>>
>> You're using "sigma,smp8640-intc".
>> The SMP8640 is a Tango3 (MIPS-based) platform.
> 
> If it's the same device, then there's nothing wrong with re-using the
> compatible.  The compatible property actually accepts multiple values,
> so you can do:
> 
> 			compatible = "sigma,tango4-intc", "sigma,smp8640-intc";

I have access to resources unavailable to Mans. Since I know the
interrupt controller is the same on Tango2, Tango3 and Tango4,
doesn't it make sense to use the string "sigma,tango-intc"
given that the driver is not even upstream yet?

(If worse comes to worst, I suppose I can always write my own
driver from scratch; I just find it silly to duplicate work.)

> See the ePAPR spec - I'll include the relevant bit:
> 
> Property: compatible
> Value type: <stringlist>
> Description: The compatible property value consists of one or more strings
>  that define the specific programming model for the device. This list of
>  strings should be used by a client program for device driver selection.
>  The property value consists of a concatenated list of null terminated
>  strings, from most specific to most general. They allow a device to
>  express its compatibility with a family of similar devices, potentially
>  allowing a single device driver to match against several devices. ...
> Example: compatible = "fsl,mpc8641-uart", "ns16550";
>  In this example, an operating system would first try to locate a device
>  driver that supported fsl,mpc8641-uart. If a driver was not found, it
>  would then try to locate a driver that supported the more general
>  ns16550 device type.
> 
> Note also that vendor prefixes should be listed in
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt.  If it's not there,
> you need to propose a separate patch (to the devicetree mailing list) to
> add it, which must be done with their agreement.  Right now, the use of
> "sigma" as a prefix is entirely non-standard and not acceptable in DT
> files until this is done.

As far as the upstreaming process is concerned, I speak for Sigma.

Regards.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-10-02 18:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-02 16:02 [PATCH] arm-soc: Add Sigma Designs Tango4 port Mason
2015-10-02 16:10 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-10-02 16:33   ` Mason
2015-10-02 16:55     ` Måns Rullgård
2015-10-02 18:00       ` Mason
2015-10-02 17:13     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-10-02 18:09       ` Mason [this message]
2015-10-02 18:53         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-10-02 19:25           ` Mason
2015-10-02 19:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-10-02 20:53   ` Mason
2015-10-02 21:11     ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-10-02 21:57       ` Mason
2015-10-02 22:12         ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-10-05 16:25           ` [PATCH v2] arm-soc: Add support for Sigma Designs Tango4 Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-06 15:57             ` [PATCH v3] " Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-09 13:18               ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-10-09 13:30                 ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-09 14:40                 ` Måns Rullgård
2015-10-09 19:01                 ` Mason
2015-10-09 20:24                   ` Måns Rullgård
2015-10-09 21:12                     ` Mason
2015-10-09 14:08               ` Rob Herring
2015-10-09 14:16                 ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-09 14:48                   ` Rob Herring
2015-10-13 15:54                 ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-13 17:55                   ` Rob Herring
2015-10-19 11:09                     ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-19 16:39                       ` Rob Herring
2015-10-19 17:32                         ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-20  9:20                           ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-20  9:50                         ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-20 10:04                           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-10-20 10:54                             ` Marc Gonzalez
2015-10-09 14:12             ` [PATCH v2] " Rob Herring

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