[PATCH 4/5] phy: add Broadcom SATA3 PHY driver for Broadcom STB SoCs

Hans de Goede hdegoede at redhat.com
Sat Mar 21 02:09:52 PDT 2015


Hi,

On 21-03-15 00:02, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 18/03/15 18:23, Brian Norris wrote:
>> Supports up to two ports which can each be powered on/off and configured
>> independently.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
>> ---
>
> [snip]
>
>> +
>> +static const struct of_device_id brcmstb_sata_phy_of_match[] = {
>> +	{ .compatible	= "brcm,bcm7445-sata-phy" },
>
> The binding document specifies "brcm,phy-sata3" as a fallback compatible
> string, so we want to match it here.

Erm no we do not, what if another sata3 brcm phy comes along which
is not compatible, both would use "brcm,phy-sata3" as fallback / for
informational purposes, but we do not want this driver to be binding
to that other phy, which it would do with your suggestion.

Regards,

Hans



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