linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] dt-bindings: arm: ti: add toradex,verdin-am62 et al.

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Date:   Wed, 24 May 2023 14:10:58 -0500
From:   Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
To:     Andrew Davis <afd@...com>
CC:     Francesco Dolcini <francesco@...cini.it>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@...adex.com>,
        Tero Kristo <kristo@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] dt-bindings: arm: ti: add toradex,verdin-am62 et
 al.

On 12:48-20230524, Andrew Davis wrote:

[..]

> In fact I'm not sure we get much value at all out of top level whole-SoC compatible
> strings. Maybe we did when there was matching in kernel to do device specific fixups,
> but that isn't really used much in ARM64.

If you are arguing about const: ti,am625 - there is a bunch more other
S/w systems that use compatibles for various purposes in addition to
usage in userspace (test systems etc) that benefit. Unless there is a
ARM64 wide trend to drop it, I don't see a reason to have a discussion
on that.

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Nishanth Menon
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