[PATCH] arm: dts: add initial support for TBS2910 Matrix ARM mini PC

Sebastian Hesselbarth sebastian.hesselbarth at gmail.com
Tue Oct 21 05:03:51 PDT 2014


On 21.10.2014 13:57, Sören Moch wrote:
>>> +/ {
>>> +    model = "TBS2910 Matrix ARM mini PC";
>>> +    compatible = "tbs,imx6q-tbs2910", "fsl,imx6q";
>>
>> [...]
>> Also, board compatible should only be "tbs,tbs2910".
>
> Similar boards use e.g.
>      compatible = "fsl,imx6q-sabresd", "fsl,imx6q";
>      compatible = "udoo,imx6q-udoo", "fsl,imx6q";
>      compatible = "wand,imx6q-wandboard", "fsl,imx6q";
>
> So is it really better to use only "tbs,tbs2910" here?

Hmm, having the SoC name again in the board compatible seems
odd to me, e.g. we have "google,chromecast" without the SoC
name in it.

Anyway, it is just a compatible and if it is common for imx-
based boards or Shawn/Sascha like to have it this way you
should stick with that, of course.

Sebastian



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