[PATCH v5 9/9] add MPC837x MDS board default device tree

Li Yang-r58472 LeoLi at freescale.com
Fri Oct 19 17:31:32 EST 2007


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Gibson [mailto:david at gibson.dropbear.id.au] 
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 8:56 AM
> To: Li Yang-r58472
> Cc: galak at kernel.crashing.org; paulus at samba.org; 
> linuxppc-dev at ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 9/9] add MPC837x MDS board default device tree
> 
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 06:16:20PM +0800, Li Yang wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Li Yang <leoli at freescale.com>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8377_mds.dts 
> > b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8377_mds.dts
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..8530de6
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8377_mds.dts
> > @@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
> [snip]
> > +		crypto at 30000 {
> > +			model = "SEC3";
> > +			compatible = "talitos";
> 
> That compatible doesn't look specific enough.  It should at 
> least have a vendor portion.  In general it's best to have 
> all the information you need to pick a driver and options in 
> compatible, rather than splitting that info into model.

I think we could do this in a separate patch.  Change the spec and then
update all the in-tree device tree with SEC node.

- Leo



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