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Date:   Fri, 8 Sep 2017 11:04:37 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, muvarov@...il.com, nathan.leigh.conrad@...il.com,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Woojung.Huh@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Update documentation for KSZ DSA drivers so that new
 drivers can be added

On Thu 2017-09-07 21:11:45, Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com wrote:
> From: Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com>
> 
> Add other KSZ switches support so that patch check does not complain.

Nice; unlike Andrew I believe that adding compatible strings is ok
before the support is added. Device tree description is
Linux-independend.

But... you need to Cc: device tree maintainers on this one. They
usually take some time to respond, so it is nice to do this early.

> index 0ab8b39..34af0e0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/ksz.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/ksz.txt
> @@ -3,8 +3,15 @@ Microchip KSZ Series Ethernet switches
>  
>  Required properties:
>  
> -- compatible: For external switch chips, compatible string must be exactly one
> -  of: "microchip,ksz9477"
> +- compatible: Should be "microchip,ksz9477" for KSZ9477 chip,
> +	      "microchip,ksz8795" for KSZ8795 chip,
> +	      "microchip,ksz8794" for KSZ8794 chip,
> +	      "microchip,ksz8765" for KSZ8765 chip,
> +	      "microchip,ksz8895" for KSZ8895 chip,
> +	      "microchip,ksz8864" for KSZ8864 chip,
> +	      "microchip,ksz8873" for KSZ8873 chip,
> +	      "microchip,ksz8863" for KSZ8863 chip,
> +	      "microchip,ksz8463" for KSZ8463 chip
>  
>  See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dsa/dsa.txt for a list of additional  required and optional properties.

And you may want to wrap long line here, unless that's email client
playing another trick.
								Pavel
								
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