[PATCH v2] mtd: spi-nor: add hisilicon spi-nor flash controller driver
xuejiancheng
xuejiancheng at huawei.com
Sun Jan 10 19:53:38 PST 2016
On 2016/1/11 11:09, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 7:20 PM, xuejiancheng <xuejiancheng at huawei.com> wrote:
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> On 2016/1/9 23:42, Rob Herring wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 09:26:45AM +0800, Jiancheng Xue wrote:
>>>> add hisilicon spi-nor flash controller driver
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Binquan Peng <pengbinquan at huawei.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jiancheng Xue <xuejiancheng at huawei.com>
>>>> ---
>
>>>> +Required properties:
>>>> +- compatible : Should be "hisilicon,hisi-sfc".
>>>
>>> I missed this last time, but you also need a more specific compatible
>>> string with the SOC name in it.
>>>
>>
>> This IP block is used in many SOCs. Do I need to add a specific compatible
>> string for every SOC? Thank you.
>
> Yes. You can keep the generic one for driver matching, but you want to
> have the specific one in case there ever is a quirk/errata in a
> specific SOC.
>
I see. Thank you.
> Rob
>
> .
>
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