linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: meson-sm: use generic compatible

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:50:00 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
Cc:     Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Carlo Caione <carlo@...one.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: meson-sm: use generic compatible

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 03:47:43PM +0200, Jerome Brunet wrote:
> The meson secure monitor seems to be compatible with more SoCs than
> initially thought. Let's use the most generic compatible he have in
> DT instead of the gxbb specific one
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/firmware/meson/meson_sm.txt | 4 ++--
>  drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c                             | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Seems like a pointless, not backwards compatible change to me. In the 
end, it's just a string to match on. Who cares what the string is.

Rob