linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: bcm4329-fmac: Add ingenic,iw8103-fmac compatible string

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Message-ID: <8485b70f-4120-192c-3f7e-6b4c8ac2ec33@broadcom.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:00:57 +0100
From:   Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
Cc:     list@...ndingux.net, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: bcm4329-fmac: Add ingenic,iw8103-fmac
 compatible string

On 12/14/2022 5:53 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 14/12/2022 16:59, Paul Cercueil wrote:
>> The MIPS CI20 board has a Ingenic IW8103 chip, which is supposedly just
>> a rebranded Broadcom BCM4330.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>
> 
> 
> Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>

My guess is that Ingenic is not really a chip manufacturer, but this is 
actually a wifi module using BCM4330 as wifi chip. Personally, I would 
not add a compatible string for that and the commit message does not 
offer any arguments for having this.

Regards,
Arend

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