Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: dts: qcom: msm8996: Add a default compatible string

[Bjorn Andersson]

On Wed 29 Aug 05:58 PDT 2018, Niklas Cassel wrote:

> Add a default compatible string.
> This compatible is defined in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/qcom.txt
> and matches how it's done in arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8916.dtsi
> 
> Usually the dts overrides this compatible property, however, if the dts
> doesn't specify a compatible, this compatible string will be used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@xxxxxxxxxx>

I think we should just say that the board dts must specify a compatible.

Regards,
Bjorn

> ---
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8996.dtsi | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8996.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8996.dtsi
> index cd3865e7a270..354d3f900f72 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8996.dtsi
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8996.dtsi
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  
>  / {
>  	model = "Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. MSM8996";
> +	compatible = "qcom,msm8996";
>  
>  	interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>