Add fallback compatibility strings for R-Car Gen 1 and 2. In the case of Renesas R-Car hardware we know that there are generations of SoCs, f.e. Gen 1 and 2. But beyond that its not clear what the relationship between IP blocks might be. For example, I believe that r8a7790 is older than r8a7791 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. Note that R-Car Gen2 and RZ/G1 have many compatible IP blocks. The approach that has been consistently taken for other IP blocks is to name common code, compatibility strings and so on after Rcar Gen2. Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+rene...@verge.net.au> --- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt index 0115c85a2425..48cab94dd056 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ This file provides information on what the device node for the SH EtherMAC interface contains. Required properties: -- compatible: "renesas,gether-r8a7740" if the device is a part of R8A7740 SoC. +- compatible: Must contain one or more of the following: + "renesas,gether-r8a7740" if the device is a part of R8A7740 SoC. "renesas,ether-r8a7743" if the device is a part of R8A7743 SoC. "renesas,ether-r8a7745" if the device is a part of R8A7745 SoC. "renesas,ether-r8a7778" if the device is a part of R8A7778 SoC. @@ -14,6 +15,14 @@ Required properties: "renesas,ether-r8a7793" if the device is a part of R8A7793 SoC. "renesas,ether-r8a7794" if the device is a part of R8A7794 SoC. "renesas,ether-r7s72100" if the device is a part of R7S72100 SoC. + "renesas,rcar-gen1-ether" for a generic R-Car Gen1 device. + "renesas,rcar-gen2-ether" for a generic R-Car Gen2 or RZ/G1 + device. + + When compatible with the generic version nodes must list + the SoC-specific version corresponding to the platform + first followed by the generic version. + - reg: offset and length of (1) the E-DMAC/feLic register block (required), (2) the TSU register block (optional). - interrupts: interrupt specifier for the sole interrupt. @@ -36,7 +45,8 @@ Optional properties: Example (Lager board): ethernet@ee700000 { - compatible = "renesas,ether-r8a7790"; + compatible = "renesas,ether-r8a7790", + "renesas,rcar-gen2-ether"; reg = <0 0xee700000 0 0x400>; interrupt-parent = <&gic>; interrupts = <0 162 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>; -- 2.11.0