linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add driver for globaltop GNSS receivers

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Date:   Mon, 7 Jan 2019 17:37:12 +0100
From:   Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To:     Loys Ollivier <lollivier@...libre.com>
Cc:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add driver for globaltop GNSS receivers

On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 05:21:58PM +0100, Loys Ollivier wrote:
> 
> On Fri 04 Jan 2019 at 09:19, Johan Hovold wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jan 03, 2019 at 05:04:35PM +0100, Loys Ollivier wrote:
> >> 
> >> As suggested by Neil Armstrong - this GNSS device seems to behave like
> >> most generic GNSS receivers.
> >> I'll send a v2 with a generic driver that works for both GlobalTop and
> >> u-blox.
> >
> > That doesn't sound right to me. Judging from a quick look, this device
> > appears to be based on a mediatek chipset, so I suggest reworking
> > (renaming) this as a Mediatek driver (gnss type would be MTK, reflecting
> > the vendor protocol) even if it happens to look a lot like the current
> > u-blox driver.
> >
> OK, agreed - will rename the driver as Mediatek.
> Would you recommend keeping any reference to Globaltop ? Such as in the
> devicetree gnss bindings.
> Or only keep "mediatek,mt3339" for any solution based on that chipset.

Yes, I suggest keeping the globaltop compatible (cf. the sirf driver for
devices based on sirf chipsets).

Thanks,
Johan