linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: fix wildcard DT compatible string checking

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Date:	Mon, 19 May 2014 17:01:03 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Florian Vaussard <florian.vaussard@...l.ch>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: fix wildcard DT compatible string checking

On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
>
> We attempt to search for compatible strings which use a variable
> token in the documented name such as <chip> or <soc>. While this
> was attempted to be handled, it's utterly broken.
>
> The desired forms of matching are:
>
> vendor,<chip>-*
> vendor,name<part#>-*
>
> For <chip>, lower case characters and numbers are permitted. For
> <part#>, only numeric values are allowed.
>
> With this change, the number of missing compatible strings reported in
> arch/arm/boot/dts is reduced from 1071 to 960.
>
> Reported-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> Cc: Florian Vaussard <florian.vaussard@...l.ch>
> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

As I came up with about the same patch while investigating why it didn't
work for me:

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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