Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:55:42 +0000 | From | Lee Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] spi: st: Provide Device Tree binding documentation |
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On Thu, 27 Nov 2014, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 11:43:54AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote: > > > +Required properties: > > +- compatible : "st,comms-ssc-spi" or "st,comms-ssc4-spi" > > What do the two different compatible strings mean (for example, should > ssc4 be used for version 4 and higher or is it just a quirk for that > version)?
This appears to be historical. There aren't any functional differences i.e. we don't match on them. I believe the former is a more informal, generic name and the latter is the official name of the IP block. The I2C component already upstreamed has the same naming conventions by the looks of it.
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