[PATCH v3 5/8] ARM: dts: exynos: fix ethernet node name for different odroid boards

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Tue Feb 15 12:56:50 PST 2022


> > > -	ethernet: usbether at 2 {
> > > -		compatible = "usb0424,9730";
> > > +	ethernet: ethernet at 2 {
> > > +		compatible = "usb424,9730";
> > 
> > The change of the compatible is not mentioned in the patch description.
> > Is this intentional?
> 
> No, I forgot to mentione it. According to the USB schema 0 should be
> removed. So, this compatible was incorrect as well. With leading zero
> present yaml schema was not able to detect and validate this node.

Does the current code not actually care about a leading 0? It will
match with or without it? It would be good to mention that as well in
the commit message, otherwise somebody like me is going to ask if this
breaks backwards compatibility, since normally compatible is an exact
string match.

And i actually think this is the sort of change which should be as a
patch of its own. If this causes a regression, a git bisect would then
tell you if it is the change of usbether -> ethernet, or 0424 to
424. That is part of why we ask for lots of small changes.


       Andrew



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