netdev - Re: [PATCH] ravb: add R8A7791 support

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:08:57 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Cc:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ravb: add R8A7791 support

Hi Simon,

On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 1:42 AM, Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 12:14:21AM +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
>> On 11/29/2015 10:26 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> >>Add support  for yet another ARM member of the R-Car family, R-Car M2, also
>> >R-Car M2-W?
>>
>>    Right, forgot about the postfixes.
>>
>> >>known as R8A7791.
>> >
>> >There's also R-Car M2-N, aka R8A7793, but you probably know that ;-)
>>
>>    Will fix.
>
> I would prefer if we added generic gen2 and gen3 compat strings to the driver
> and only documented new soc-specific compat strings.
>
> Actually by chance I was planning to up patches to do that and add compat
> strings for the missing Gen2 boards. But I won't complain if you beat me to
> it.

You're aware we have to keep the existing SoC-specific ones in the driver,
for backwards compatibility?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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