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Re: [PATCH 3/3] mfd: cros_ec_spi: Add compatible string for NI version of cros-ec-spi

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Dmitry,

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Moritz Fischer
> <moritz.fischer@ettus.com> wrote:
>> Add compatible string for NI version of cros-ec-spi.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/mfd/cros_ec_spi.c | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_spi.c b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_spi.c
>> index ebe9b94..e4504ec 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_spi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_spi.c
>> @@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(cros_ec_spi_pm_ops, cros_ec_spi_suspend,
>>                          cros_ec_spi_resume);
>>
>>  static const struct of_device_id cros_ec_spi_of_match[] = {
>> +       { .compatible = "ni,cros-ec-spi", },
>
> I am confused: if the 2 controllers are the same, why do we need the
> new compat string, at least in the driver? Shouldn't DTS simply use
> "google,cros-ec-spi", or maybe both (compatible = "ni,cros-ec-spi",
> "google,cros-ec-spi")?

It might deviate in the future, but you're right, the driver patch is
not required for now
since we can use the fallback mechanism until there really *is* a
difference. We can probably
drop this one for now.

Cheers,

Moritz

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[PATCH 1/3] Docs: DT: Add National Instruments vendor prefix Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com> - 2016-09-28 19:10 +0200
  [PATCH 3/3] mfd: cros_ec_spi: Add compatible string for NI version of cros-ec-spi Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com> - 2016-09-28 19:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/3] mfd: cros_ec_spi: Add compatible string for NI  version of cros-ec-spi Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 19:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 3/3] mfd: cros_ec_spi: Add compatible string for NI  version of cros-ec-spi Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@ettus.com> - 2016-09-28 19:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/3] Docs: DT: Add National Instruments vendor prefix Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2016-10-04 15:30 +0200

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