fpga driver on custom PPC target platform (P4080) ...

Robert Sciuk robert.sciuk at exfo.com
Tue Nov 8 05:48:26 EST 2011


> > Ah,  my compatible attribute was wrong:
> >
> > 	Compatible = "nxp,pca9539";
> >
> > 	Should have been:
> >
> > 	Compatible = "nxp,pca953x";
> >
> > The tree now seems to bind the i2c gpio drivers properly ... on to
> > the localbus mappings!
> 
> Ah.  In that case the drivers should probably be extended to recognize
> the first compatible.  "wildcard" compatible strings are a bad idea,
> unfortunately there are some already in the wild, as you've seen.  We
> should try to phase them out though.
> 
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Thanks, David

It did occur that a specific binding should be preferred over a generic one 

Rob.


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