[PATCH v2 07/12] usb: chipidea: add a generic driver

Peter Chen Peter.Chen at freescale.com
Tue Jul 1 18:10:00 PDT 2014


 
> 
> Hello.
> 
> On 07/01/2014 02:42 PM, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> 
> >>>>> Well, there is nothing specific about the Berlin CI. Some
> >>>>> subsystems use the 'generic' keyword in these cases. Do you see a
> >>>>> particular reason I should use some Berlin related compatible here?
> 
> >>>> Not must, one suggestion is: can you change the compatible string
> >>>> to "chipidea-usb-generic"?
> 
> >>> I don't know about ChipIdea/ARC/DW's product portfolio but I guess
> >>> the compatible should also carry '2.0' or 'usb2' in it. Or we just
> >>> use some version number like 'chipidea,ci13000' or 'chipidea,ci13xxx'.
> 
> >> The recommended format for compatible string is:
> >> "manufacturer,model", I agree with "chipidea,ci13xxx", thanks.
> 
> > I think we should probably avoid using wildcards in the compatible
> > string.
> 
>     I'm sure wildcards shouldn't be allowed there. :-)

Then, what's your guys recommend, how about "chipidea,usb2-generic"?

Peter




More information about the linux-arm-kernel mailing list