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

Peter Chen peter.chen at freescale.com
Tue Jul 15 17:32:45 PDT 2014


On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 05:22:30PM +0200, Antoine Ténart wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 01:10:00AM +0000, Peter Chen wrote:
> > > 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"?
> 
> So what do you think? "chipidea,ci13", "chipidea,usb2-generic" or
> something else?
> 

Do you agree to use "chipidea,usb2", And add ci13xxx at
MODULE_DESCRIPTION?

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Best Regards,
Peter Chen



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