[PATCH v2 03/13] mmc: dt-bindings: make compatible explicit

Chaotian Jing chaotian.jing at mediatek.com
Fri Oct 13 19:11:55 PDT 2017


On Fri, 2017-10-13 at 15:14 -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 07:35:16PM +0800, Chaotian Jing wrote:
> > the driver has updated to have an explicit compatible, so update
> > binding file according to the driver change.
> 
> Normally, that's not a reason for a binding change. An old kernel 
> without the driver change is still valid.
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Chaotian Jing <chaotian.jing at mediatek.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mtk-sd.txt | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mtk-sd.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mtk-sd.txt
> > index 3e0a97c..2bb585b 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mtk-sd.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/mtk-sd.txt
> > @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ and the properties used by the msdc driver.
> >  
> >  Required properties:
> >  - compatible: value should be either of the following.
> > -	"mediatek,mt8173-mmc","mediatek,mt8135-mmc": for mmc host ip compatible with mt8135
> 
> Except this one didn't really make sense. "mediatek,mt8135-mmc" should 
> be the most specific compatible on a MT8135.
> 
> > -	"mediatek,mt8173-mmc","mediatek,mt8135-mmc": for mmc host ip compatible with mt8173
> 
> Why is the version in MT8173 no longer compatible with a driver that 
> supports "mediatek,mt8135-mmc"? Your commit msg needs to answer that 
> question.

OK, will answer it in commit msg at next version.
> 
> > +	"mediatek,mt8135-mmc": for mmc host ip compatible with mt8135
> > +	"mediatek,mt8173-mmc": for mmc host ip compatible with mt8173
> >  	"mediatek,mt2701-mmc": for mmc host ip compatible with mt2701
> >  	"mediatek,mt2712-mmc": for mmc host ip compatible with mt2712
> >  - reg: physical base address of the controller and length
> > -- 
> > 1.8.1.1.dirty
> > 





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