[PATCH 2/2] memory: brcmstb_memc: Simplify compatible matching

Rob Herring robh at kernel.org
Thu Jun 5 11:55:57 PDT 2025


On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 11:43:54AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Now that a "brcm,brcmstb-memc-ddr-rev-b.2.x" fallback compatible string
> has been defined, we can greatly simplify the matching within the driver
> to only look for that compatible string and nothing else.
> 
> The fallback "brcm,brcmstb-memc-ddr" is also updated to assume the V21
> register layout since that is the most common nowadays.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli at broadcom.com>
> ---
>  drivers/memory/brcmstb_memc.c | 58 ++---------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_memc.c b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_memc.c
> index c87b37e2c1f0..ec4c198ddc49 100644
> --- a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_memc.c
> +++ b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_memc.c
> @@ -181,65 +181,13 @@ static const struct of_device_id brcmstb_memc_of_match[] = {
>  		.data = &brcmstb_memc_versions[BRCMSTB_MEMC_V20]
>  	},
>  	{
> -		.compatible = "brcm,brcmstb-memc-ddr-rev-b.2.1",
> +		.compatible = "brcm,brcmstb-memc-ddr-rev-b.2.x",
>  		.data = &brcmstb_memc_versions[BRCMSTB_MEMC_V21]

This entry is pointless because the default will get V21.

In fact, I don't think you need the new compatible string at all. It 
doesn't work to add fallbacks after the fact.

Rob



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