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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 16:19:25 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Juergen Borleis <jbe@pengutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] net: dsa: LAN9303: add MDIO managed mode support
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> +static const struct of_device_id lan9303_mdio_of_match[] = {
> +	{ .compatible = "smsc,lan9303" },
> +	{ /* sentinel */ },
> +};

We still have the open question of is it a problem to have two
different drivers using the same compatible string. Changing these
strings is hard, once they are in use, so i would prefer to get this
answered before the code is accepted.

	 Andrew