Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: stmmac: dwmac-sun8i: drop V3s compatible and add V3 one
From: Icenowy Zheng
Date: Sat Feb 03 2018 - 02:23:46 EST
ä 2018å2æ3æ GMT+08:00 äå6:13:01, Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxx> åå:
>On Sat, Feb 03, 2018 at 02:04:54AM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
>> The V3s is just a differently packaged version of the V3 chip, which
>has
>> a MAC with the same capability with H3. The V3s just doesn't wire out
>> the external MII/RMII/RGMII bus. (V3 wired out it).
>>
>> Drop the compatible string of V3s in the dwmac-sun8i driver, and add
>a
>> V3 compatible string, which has all capabilities.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@xxxxxxx>
>
>This breaks the DT ABI, so NAK.
I have asked this at IRC.
The V3s compatible string is never used in any mainline
kernel, even not in any RC version.
>
>Maxime