Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] usb: host: add xhci-exynos driver

From: Jung Daehwan
Date: Thu Apr 28 2022 - 03:54:51 EST


On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 09:31:56AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 28/04/2022 08:36, Jung Daehwan wrote:
> >>
> >> Since you called everything here as "exynos" it is specific to one
> >> hardware and not-reusable on anything else. How can then you use some
> >> other compatible? It would be a misuse of Devicetree bindings.
> >>
> >
> > I got it. Let me add them. Is it still necessary if it is only used by
> > other module on runtime as I said above?
>
> Except what Greg wrote, if by "other module" you mean out-of-tree, then
> the patchset will not be accepted as it is unusable for Linux users.
> Basically it would be a dead code in Linux kernel.
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>

I wanted to submit patches of just xhci. Let me add a patch together of other
module(dwc3-exynos) that is in-tree on next submission.

Is it still necessary to add compatible or bindings in this case?

Best Regards,
Jung Daehwan