Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 net-next] net: hisilicon: updates HNS config and documents

[huangdaode]

On 2015/11/3 6:05, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Saturday 31 October 2015 02:18:19 Salil Mehta wrote:
> > On 10/31/2015 1:40 AM, huangdaode wrote:
> > > On 2015/10/30 22:20, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 27 October 2015 19:16:34 huangdaode wrote:
> > > > >             mdio@803c0000 {
> > > > >                       #address-cells = <1>;
> > > > >                       #size-cells = <0>;
> > > > > -                   compatible = "hisilicon,mdio","hisilicon,hns-mdio";
> > > > > +                   compatible = "hisilicon,hns-mdio","hisilicon,mdio";
> > > > >                       reg = <0x0 0x803c0000 0x0 0x10000>;
> > > > Does "hisilicon,mdio" actually have a specific meaning? Is that just
> > > > there
> > > > for legacy reasons?
> > > >
> > > >      Arnd
> > > >
> > > > .
> > > hi Arnd,
> > > "hisilicon,mdio" is  the gernerical configuation compatible  for the
> > > default hisilicon chip,
> > > We use generic hisilicon since our MDIO/PHY is same across flavour of
> > > SoCs.
> > Hi Arnd,
> > Yes, "hisilicon,mdio" exists for the legacy reasons to support older SoC
> > Hip04.
> I see. In that case, that compatible string should probably be mentioned
> only as 'optional' in the binding, and not used for devices other than
> hip04.
>
> 	Arnd
>
> .
Hi, Arnd
ok, ill send a patch to specify it, please Ack then.
thanks
Daode.

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Best Regards
Daode Huang


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