[PATCH v5 4/5] ARM: Kirkwood: Fix qnap vendor prefix
Ben Peddell
klightspeed at killerwolves.net
Wed Feb 19 08:14:16 EST 2014
On 19/02/14 23:05, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/power/reset/qnap-poweroff.c b/drivers/power/reset/qnap-poweroff.c
>> index a75db7f..d350ece 100644
>> --- a/drivers/power/reset/qnap-poweroff.c
>> +++ b/drivers/power/reset/qnap-poweroff.c
>> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static const struct power_off_cfg synology_power_off_cfg = {
>> };
>>
>> static const struct of_device_id qnap_power_off_of_match_table[] = {
>> - { .compatible = "qnap,power-off",
>> + { .compatible = "qnapsz,power-off",
>> .data = &qnap_power_off_cfg,
>> },
>
> Hi Ben
>
> This causes issues for devices using old DT blobs. You need to keep
> the old entry as well as supporting the new vendor prefix.
>
> We need to consider, is it worth the hassle of changing the prefix,
> since it has been in use for a long time. I think using the stock
> ticker is a "rule of thumb" and not a strict requirement.
So, in this case it would be best to change qnapsz back to qnap in
patch #1, and completely remove this patch?
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