linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ata: ahci_st: Provide DT bindings for ST's SATA implementation

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Message-ID: <7613177.7hd4IoKUr4@wuerfel>
Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:06:59 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"DCG_UPD_stlinux_kernel@...t.st.com" 
	<DCG_UPD_stlinux_kernel@...t.st.com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ata: ahci_st: Provide DT bindings for ST's SATA implementation

On Wednesday 12 March 2014 12:48:35 Lee Jones wrote:
> > > +This binding describes a SATA device.
> > > +
> > > +Required properties:
> > > + - compatible         : Must be "st,ahci"
> > 
> > Is there not a more specific name? This is awfully generic.
> 
> There isn't one. ST only have one AHCI driver. The driver is named as
> generically.

If it is this generic, can't you use the completely generic
ahci-platform driver and add a "generic-ahci" compatible string
to that?

	Arnd
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