On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 12:43:11PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote: > On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 01:52:20PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > Hi Simon, > > > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Simon Horman > > <horms+rene...@verge.net.au> wrote: > > > In the case of Renesas R-Car hardware we know that there are generations > > > of > > > SoCs, e.g. Gen 1, Gen 2 and Gen 3. But beyond that its not clear what the > > > > it's > > > > > relationship between IP blocks might be. For example, I believe that > > > r8a7779 is older than r8a7778 but that doesn't imply that the latter is a > > > descendant of the former or vice versa. > > > > > > We can, however, by examining the documentation and behaviour of the > > > hardware at run-time observe that the current driver implementation > > > appears > > > to be compatible with the IP blocks on SoCs within a given generation. > > > > > > For the above reasons and convenience when enabling new SoCs a > > > per-generation fallback compatibility string scheme being adopted for > > > drivers for Renesas SoCs. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+rene...@verge.net.au> > > > --- > > > .../interrupt-controller/renesas,intc-irqpin.txt | 44 > > > ++++++++++++---------- > > > drivers/irqchip/irq-renesas-intc-irqpin.c | 2 + > > > 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git > > > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/renesas,intc-irqpin.txt > > > > > > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/renesas,intc-irqpin.txt > > > index 772c550d3b4b..e5a5251be9f5 100644 > > > --- > > > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/renesas,intc-irqpin.txt > > > +++ > > > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/renesas,intc-irqpin.txt > > > @@ -2,13 +2,19 @@ DT bindings for the R-/SH-Mobile irqpin controller > > > > > > Required properties: > > > > > > -- compatible: has to be "renesas,intc-irqpin-<soctype>", > > > "renesas,intc-irqpin" > > > - as fallback. > > > - Examples with soctypes are: > > > +- compatible: > > > - "renesas,intc-irqpin-r8a7740" (R-Mobile A1) > > > - "renesas,intc-irqpin-r8a7778" (R-Car M1A) > > > - "renesas,intc-irqpin-r8a7779" (R-Car H1) > > > - "renesas,intc-irqpin-sh73a0" (SH-Mobile AG5) > > > + - "renesas,rcar-gen1-intc-irqpin" (generic R-Car Gen1 compatible > > > device) > > > > Does it make sense to add a new family-specific compatible value to a driver > > that's unlikely to receive more users in the future? More recent SoCs use > > renesas,irqc. > > If that's the case, then no. Please don't go crazy with your generic > strings. I don't mind them, but I don't know that I'd call it best > practice.
Understood. I do not see any new users of this driver on the horizon and given the above I withdraw this patch.
