linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: tegra: sequence compatible strings as per preference

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Date:	Fri, 9 Nov 2012 17:10:08 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
Cc:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
	"grant.likely@...retlab.ca" <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>,
	"spi-devel-general@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<spi-devel-general@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: tegra: sequence compatible strings as per preference

On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 10:04:56AM -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:

> However just FYI, it should not be necessary for correctness; The DT
> matching order is supposed to be driven purely by the order of the
> compatible values in the DT now, and not affected by the order of values
> in the table. (This wasn't always the case, but was a bug that was fixed
> IIRC by Thierry Reding).

I guess the driver is being used backported in older kernels which don't
have that fix?

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