linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: dt: keystone: provide SoC specific compatible flags

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Message-ID: <5602ED34.9010108@oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:19:32 -0700
From:	santosh shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>
To:	Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>, Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@...nel.org>
Cc:	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: dt: keystone: provide SoC specific
 compatible flags

Nishant,

On 9/22/2015 9:08 AM, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> Keystone2 devices are used on more platforms than just Texas
> Instruments reference evaluation platforms called EVMs. Providing a
> generic compatible "ti,keystone" is not sufficient to differentiate
> various SoC definitions possible on various platforms. So, provide
> compatible matches for each SoC family by itself.
>
> This allows SoC specific logic to be run time handled based on
> of_machine_is_compatible("ti,k2hk") or as needed for the dependent
> processor instead of needing to use board dependent compatibles that
> are needed now.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
> ---
You need to expand that 'not sufficient' for me. Unless there is
genuine case to support this, I would want to avoid this churn.

Regards,
Santosh
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