netdev - Re: [PATCH v12 3/6] flexcan: Fix up fsl-flexcan device tree binding.

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Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:13:50 -0600
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	Robin Holt <holt@....com>
Cc:	Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
	U Bhaskar-B22300 <B22300@...escale.com>,
	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>,
	socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	PPC list <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 3/6] flexcan: Fix up fsl-flexcan device tree binding.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Robin Holt <holt@....com> wrote:
> Grant,
>
> Earlier, you had asked for a more specific name for the compatible
> property of the Freescale flexcan device.  I still have not gotten a
> more specific answer.  Hopefully Marc can give you more details about
> the flexcan implementations.

If there is no ip core version, then just stick with the
fsl,<soc>-flexcan name and drop "fsl,flexcan".  Marketing may say
flexcan is flexcan, but hardware engineers like to change things.
Trying to be too generic in compatible values will just lead to
problems in the future.

g.
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