linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ARM64: dts: amlogic: Add basic support for Amlogic S905X

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Message-ID: <7755ed8c-6083-4e2a-620c-85f55ca1d16e@baylibre.com>
Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:36:01 +0200
From:   Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
To:     Carlo Caione <carlo@...one.org>,
        Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
Cc:     Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-amlogic <linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ARM64: dts: amlogic: Add basic support for Amlogic
 S905X

On 09/13/2016 08:14 AM, Carlo Caione wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 11:43 PM, Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de> wrote:
> 
> [cut]
>> I'm not arguing over the file name, where it perfectly makes sense to
>> have a meson-gxl- prefix (already discussed), just about the compatible
>> string where we don't have "amlogic,meson-gxl-s905x-p231" either because
>> it is completely unnecessary and does _not_ add any value.
>>
>> Not that we're checking this string anywhere anyway... If you want to
>> check for the GXL family you have to use "amlogic,meson-gxl"; if you
>> want to check for the specific SoC you use "amlogic,s905x". Simple. We
>> never match partial strings, so there is no sense in a hardcoded prefix
>> that is duplicating information already available.
> 
> Ok, then. Fine with me.
> 
> Neil, do you want to resend my patch or you can take care of the fixes
> for the whole patchset?
> 
> Thanks,
> 

Ok, I still need to synchronize with kevin for when and where to rebase from.

Neil