RE: [PATCH 16/17] arm64: dts: exynos850: add specific compatibles to several blocks
From: Alim Akhtar
Date: Fri Nov 10 2023 - 20:45:13 EST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 4:14 PM
> Exynos850 reuses several devices from older designs, thus historically we
> kept the old (block's) compatible only. This works fine and there is no bug
> here, however guidelines expressed in
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-bindings.rst state that:
> 1. Compatibles should be specific.
> 2. We should add new compatibles in case of bugs or features.
>
> Add compatibles specific to Exynos850 in front of all old-SoC-like compatibles.
> This will also help reviews of new code using existing DTS as template. No
> functional impact on Linux drivers behavior.
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos850.dtsi | 34 +++++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
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