Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:57:32 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: GPIO: Add generic serializer binding | From | Linus Walleij <> |
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On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Andrew F. Davis <afd@ti.com> wrote: > [Me] >> Compatible ranges from the specific to the more generic >> so compatible = "ti,74165", "pisosr"; is just fine. Something >> will match if there is a suitable driver. The OS may choose to >> provide something part-specific or something more generic. >> > > And so we won't need to have "ti,74165" in the driver itself, > if we just have "pisosr", then dts files can use what ever they > like to correctly identify the part then fall back to pisosr. > > compatible = "company,random_numbers_of_exact_part_actually_on_board", > "pisosr";
Exactly. Sorry for slow replies.
Yours, Linus Walleij
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