netdev - Re: [PATCH net 2/2] DT: phy.txt: Clarify expected compatible values

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2016 08:41:56 -0800
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/2] DT: phy.txt: Clarify expected compatible values

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
> PHY devices may only list clause 22, 45, and their PHY identifier
> values as compatible values. No other compatible strings are allowed.
> Make this clear in the documentation, and remove examples where
> make/model compatible strings are listed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

I'm not sure I agree with the disallowing here. It's common practice
to use a specific compatible to describe the actual hardware used, in
case it's needed in the future for some driver to distinguish
behavior, etc.

So while it should be required to include the clause compats, having a
more specific one in there should be acceptable.

-Olof