netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: realtek: add compatible strings for RTL8367RB-VB

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Message-ID: <YlTFRqY3pq84Fw1i@lunn.ch>
Date:   Tue, 12 Apr 2022 02:18:14 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        tobias@...dekranz.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        vladimir.oltean@....com, corbet@....net, kuba@...nel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net,
        Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: realtek: add compatible strings for
 RTL8367RB-VB

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 06:04:07PM -0300, Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote:
> RTL8367RB-VB was not mentioned in the compatible table, nor in the
> Kconfig help text.
> 
> The driver still detects the variant by itself and ignores which
> compatible string was used to select it. So, any compatible string will
> work for any compatible model.

Meaning the compatible string is pointless, and cannot be trusted. So
yes, you can add it, but don't actually try to use it for anything,
like quirks.

     Andrew