Re: [PATCH 07/17] dt-bindings: serial: samsung: add specific compatibles for existing SoC
From: Rob Herring
Date: Fri Nov 10 2023 - 15:41:19 EST
On Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:43:33 +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Samsung Exynos SoC 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 each SoC in front of all old-SoC-like
> compatibles.
>
> Re-shuffle also the entries in compatibles, so the one-compatible-enum
> is the first.
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> I propose to take the patch through Samsung SoC (me). See cover letter
> for explanation.
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/serial/samsung_uart.yaml | 14 +++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>