[PATCH v5 2/4] ARM: mvebu: Add quirk for i2c for the OpenBlocks AX3-4 board

[Jason Cooper]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 02:45:50PM -0500, Jason Cooper wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:05:21PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 01:22:40PM -0500, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > 
> > > Do we create new compatible strings to indicate errata, or to indicate
> > > 'from this version forward there are new features'?  The former would
> > > indicate as Gregory has written '...-a0-i2c', the latter would warrant
> > > '...-b0-i2c' and disabling offloading if we don't see '...-b0-i2c'.
> 
> s/-b0-i2c'./-b0-i2c' or newer./
> 
> > IMHO the compatible string should represent a specific HW/SW ABI. So
> > you need a unique compatible string for every variation of that ABI.
> 
> My concern is that we tend to do things like "marvell,orion-sata" for
> the first version of the IP block we can work with.  orion5x, kirkwood,
> dove, and armada 370/xp all use that compatible string to refer to that
> IP block.
> 
> Given that we look at it as 'and newer', '...-a0-i2c' would mean no
> offloading until we introduce '-b0-i2c'.  Or am I mis-understanding what
> you're saying?
> 
> > We already have a compatible string defined for the ABI that B0
> > presents.
> 
> So 'mv78230-i2c' is newer than 'mv78230-a0-i2c', or are you referring to
> something else?

I think the crux of it is:  Is mv78230-i2c the first, or the default?

thx,

Jason.