Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:41:50 -0500 (EST) | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/7] ECHI Platform: Merge ppc-of EHCI driver into the ehci-platform driver |
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On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, Alistair Popple wrote:
> Currently the ppc-of driver uses the compatibility string > "usb-ehci". This means platforms that use device-tree and implement an > EHCI compatible interface have to either use the ppc-of driver or add > a compatible line to the ehci-platform driver. It would be more > appropriate for the platform driver to be compatible with "usb-ehci" > as non-powerpc platforms are also beginning to utilise device-tree. > > This patch merges the device tree property parsing from ehci-ppc-of > into the platform driver and adds a "usb-ehci" compatibility > string. The existing ehci-ppc-of driver is removed and the 440EPX > specific quirks are added to the ehci-platform driver. > > Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <alistair@popple.id.au>
This patch is also out of date. The compatibility string used by the ehci-platform driver is "generic-ehci".
There remains the question of whether to merge ehci-ppc-of into ehci-platform. This would be a rather invasive change, but I suppose we could do it. With adjustments along the lines suggested by Mark Rutland.
Alan Stern
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