[PATCH v2 07/12] usb: chipidea: add a generic driver

Alexandre Belloni alexandre.belloni at free-electrons.com
Tue Jul 1 03:42:54 PDT 2014


On 01/07/2014 at 16:30:08 +0800, Peter Chen wrote :
> > >>Well, there is nothing specific about the Berlin CI. Some subsystems
> > >>use the 'generic' keyword in these cases. Do you see a particular reason
> > >>I should use some Berlin related compatible here?
> > >
> > >Not must, one suggestion is: can you change the compatible string
> > >to "chipidea-usb-generic"?
> > 
> > I don't know about ChipIdea/ARC/DW's product portfolio but I guess
> > the compatible should also carry '2.0' or 'usb2' in it. Or we just
> > use some version number like 'chipidea,ci13000' or 'chipidea,ci13xxx'.
> > 
> 
> The recommended format for compatible string is: "manufacturer,model",
> I agree with "chipidea,ci13xxx", thanks.
> 

I think we should probably avoid using wildcards in the compatible
string.

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