[PATCH 08/10] ARM: sunxi: dt: Update interrupt controller compatible string

Rob Herring robherring2 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 25 09:59:01 EDT 2013


On 03/25/2013 08:30 AM, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/sun4i-a10.dtsi |    2 +-
>  arch/arm/boot/dts/sun5i-a13.dtsi |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun4i-a10.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun4i-a10.dtsi
> index be71782..805d704 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun4i-a10.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun4i-a10.dtsi
> @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
>  		ranges;
>  
>  		intc: interrupt-controller at 01c20400 {
> -			compatible = "allwinner,sunxi-ic";
> +			compatible = "allwinner,sun4i-ic";

Generally speaking, this is a bad thing to do. This breaks compatibility
between dtb and kernel versions. If that breakage is not yet a concern
for sunxi, then it is okay.

Also, I don't see any documentation updates for any of these changes.

Rob

>  			reg = <0x01c20400 0x400>;
>  			interrupt-controller;
>  			#interrupt-cells = <1>;
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun5i-a13.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun5i-a13.dtsi
> index 7a81aaf..760222c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun5i-a13.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sun5i-a13.dtsi
> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
>  		ranges;
>  
>  		intc: interrupt-controller at 01c20400 {
> -			compatible = "allwinner,sunxi-ic";
> +			compatible = "allwinner,sun4i-ic";
>  			reg = <0x01c20400 0x400>;
>  			interrupt-controller;
>  			#interrupt-cells = <1>;
> 




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