[PATCH v7] ARM: dts: add DT for lan966 SoC and 2-port board pcb8291

Nicolas Ferre nicolas.ferre at microchip.com
Fri Feb 25 02:26:12 PST 2022


On 24/02/2022 at 15:55, Michael Walle wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> Am 2022-02-24 15:51, schrieb Nicolas Ferre:
>>>> +/ {
>>>> +     model = "Microchip LAN966 family SoC";
>>>> +     compatible = "microchip,lan966";
>>>
>>> As mentioned earlier, this isn't a documented compatible string. So,
>>> I guess without overwriting this in the board dts it will throw an
>>> error with the dt schema validator. OTOH, there are many dtsi files
>>> in arch/arm/boot/dts/ doing this. I don't know what is correct here.
>>
>> I see it documented here:
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-at91.yaml#n165
>>
>> Isn't it what is expected?
> 
> That only documents
>     compatible = "microchip,lan9662-pcb8291", "microchip,lan9662",
> "microchip,lan966";
> 
> But not the one above.

Oh, you mean the "microchip,lan966" string alone in the compatibility 
string and not with the other ones before it...
I didn't know it could be different in yaml syntax. Thanks for 
highlighting that.

Best regards,
   Nicolas

> 
>>
>>> Everthing else looks good.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your reviews.
>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Michael Walle <michael at walle.cc>
>>
>> Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre at microchip.com>
>> I'm queuing it to at91-dt branch for reaching arm-soc in 5.18 merge
>> window.
> 
> Nice, then I'm good to go for my patches on top of this :)
> 
> -michael


-- 
Nicolas Ferre



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