linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: dt: mtd: replace "nor-jedec" binding with "jedec,spi-nor"

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Date:	Thu, 21 May 2015 09:12:25 +0200
From:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <Pawel.Moll@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>,
	linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: dt: mtd: replace "nor-jedec" binding with "jedec,spi-nor"

On 20 May 2015 at 23:35, Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 09:27:50AM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>> On 19 May 2015 at 03:34, Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com> wrote:
>> > So how about the following patch? It seems like we'll need to be able to
>> > ignore useless 'modalias' values in cases like this:
>> >
>> >         // modalias = "shinynewdevice"
>> >         compatible = "myvendor,shinynewdevice", "jedec,spi-nor";
>> >
>> > and also if somebody leaves off the entire shinynewdevice string:
>> >
>> >         // modalias = "spi-nor"
>> >         compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
>> >
>> > So we rework the spi-nor library to not reject "bad" names, and just
>> > fall back to autodetection, and we add the .of_match_table to properly
>> > catch all "jedec,spi-nor".
>>
>> That's nice but what about platforms using platform data instead of
>> DT? I would like to use some kind of "spi-nor" (with some prefix
>> *maybe*) for them too.
>
> For platform devices, you might as well just use the name of the driver,
> which is 'm25p80'. Isn't that how most platform devices are matched with
> drivers?

Yes and I think it's ugly because it keeps causing the warning about
read flash model not matching specified one (m25p80). Are you
seriously not going to allow platform stuff *clearly* request flash
model detection (JEDEC RDID OP)? Just because they don't use DT?

-- 
Rafał
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