Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Dove: Add the audio devices in DT

From: Thomas Petazzoni
Date: Wed Aug 28 2013 - 06:20:06 EST


Sebastian, Jean-FranÃois,

On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:13:07 +0200, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
> On 08/28/2013 11:34 AM, Jean-Francois Moine wrote:
> > This patch adds the nodes to instantiate the audio devices of the Dove
> > boards.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/arm/boot/dts/dove.dtsi | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/dove.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/dove.dtsi
> > index 499abad..78227e2 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/dove.dtsi
> > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/dove.dtsi
> > @@ -573,6 +573,24 @@
> > phy-handle = <&ethphy>;
> > };
> > };
> > +
> > + i2s0: audio-controller@b0000 {
> > + compatible = "marvell,mvebu-audio";
>
> [added Gregory to Cc]
>
> Jean-Francois,
>
> as Mark Brown already took the bindings patch for above generic
> compatible, how are we going to discriminate different
> implementations/features of Dove, Kirkwood, and Armada 370?

I agree that mvebu-audio is not a really good compatible string. It
should use the first SoC that introduced the IP block, so that if
future SOCs have variations, we can introduce separate compatible
strings.

So for now, the compatible string should be kirkwood-audio.

Thanks,

Thomas
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