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

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Oct 19 23:10:50 EST 2007


On Oct 19, 2007, at 2:31 AM, Li Yang-r58472 wrote:

>> -----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.

agreed.

- k



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