[PATCH] [POWERPC] 8xx: mpc885ads pcmcia support
Segher Boessenkool
segher at kernel.crashing.org
Thu May 3 18:17:39 EDT 2007
>>> For example, you could make this
>>>
>>> compatible = "8xx\0mpc885ads";
>>
>> "mpc885ads-pcmcia\0mpc8xx-pcmcia" or something like that.
>
> Right. I can never remember what goes first...
It doesn't really matter all that much; "correct"
drivers probe for the most specific thing first,
then the next most specific thing they support,
etc. It is mostly a convention.
The important thing is that you can't just call
yourself "8xx", that is way to generic a name.
Segher
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