[PATCH 6/7] dt-bindings: net: bgmac: add bindings documentation for bgmac

Jon Mason jon.mason at broadcom.com
Thu Jul 7 15:42:22 PDT 2016


On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 3:34 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 5, 2016 7:18:45 PM CEST Jon Mason wrote:
>> >
>> > Ok, then I'd suggest making the compatible string here
>> >
>> >         compatible = "brcm,nsp-amac", "brcm,amac";
>>
>> It is called GMAC in the NS and NSP documentation, but AMAC is fine
>> with me (as it is called this in the NS2 documentation).  I'll make
>> the necessary change and repush.
>
> Ok, then we can use
>
>         compatible = "brcm,nsp-gmac", "brcm,amac";
>
> to be consistent with that documentation and have the generic name as the
> fallback.

After looking at the docs again, I see the blocks being referred to as
"AXI MAC" (while the registers are being called GMAC).  To keep it
consistent, I'll just change everything to be "amac".

Thanks,
Jon

>
>         Arnd



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