[PATCH v2 1/3] ata: ahci_st: Provide DT bindings for ST's SATA implementation

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Wed Mar 12 12:06:59 EDT 2014


On Wednesday 12 March 2014 12:48:35 Lee Jones wrote:
> > > +This binding describes a SATA device.
> > > +
> > > +Required properties:
> > > + - compatible         : Must be "st,ahci"
> > 
> > Is there not a more specific name? This is awfully generic.
> 
> There isn't one. ST only have one AHCI driver. The driver is named as
> generically.

If it is this generic, can't you use the completely generic
ahci-platform driver and add a "generic-ahci" compatible string
to that?

	Arnd



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