[linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 1/4] brcmfmac: Add brcm, nvram_file_name dt property

[Arend Van Spriel]

On 1-7-2016 10:58, Jonas Gorski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 30 June 2016 at 21:23, Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel at broadcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 30-6-2016 13:31, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> On Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:25:15 PM CEST Hans de Goede wrote:
>>>>> So then how about making use of a more specific compatible string?
>>>>>
>>>>> e.g.
>>>>>
>>>>> brcmf {
>>>>>         compatible = "foo,ap6210", "brcm,bcm4329-fmac";
>>>>>         ...
>>>>> };
>>>>>
>>>>> and if the compatible has more than one element you request
>>>>> FW_NAME_<compatible>.txt as the nvram file. Or try each comptible (and
>>>>> lastly no suffix) until you get a match. (AFAICT, this is what the
>>>>> "model" property was originally intended for anyway, but almost nobody
>>>>> did it right, and everyone put a user readable string into "model" for
>>>>> boards instead of the ePAPR defined compatible string).
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, interesting idea. Not sure how easy / hard it will be to implement
>>>> this, but from a dt binding point of view it seems elegant.
>>>>
>>>> Kalle, Arend, what do you think of this ?
>>
>> At first glance I like the suggestion, but this would mean updating the
>> bindings document for each new wifi module that we want to add. Not a
>> big problem, but it makes that I have a slight preference to using a
>> property for it, eg. brcm,module = "ap6210";
> 
> If you want a separate property, then I repeat my very first
> suggestion, the well defined model property.
> e.g.
> 
> brcmf at 0 {
>         model = "ampak,ap6210";
>         compatible = "brcm,bcm4329-fmac";
>         ...
> };
> 
> All device nodes may have a model property, not just the top "machine" one.

I heard you the first time :-p I just was not sure what the implications
would be to use it. Hence I suggested a vendor specific property.
However, looking up and reading the definition in ePAPRv1.1 I suppose it
is fine to use the model property:

Property: model
Value type: <string>
Description:
The model property value is a <string> that specifies the manufacturer’s
model number of the device.

The recommended format is: “manufacturer,model”, where manufacturer is a
string describing the name of the manufacturer (such as a stock ticker
symbol), and model specifies the model number.

Regards,
Arend