Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 2/3] net: macb: Add NPx macb config using USRIO_DISABLED cap

[Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>]

Le 04/01/2016 10:42, Neil Armstrong a écrit :
> Declare a new SoC variant for NPx SoCs having USRIO_DISABLED as
> capability bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> index fa53bc3..a9e27a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> @@ -2781,6 +2781,11 @@ static const struct macb_config emac_config = {
>  	.init = at91ether_init,
>  };
>  
> +static const struct macb_config npx_config = {
> +	.caps = MACB_CAPS_USRIO_DISABLED,
> +	.clk_init = macb_clk_init,
> +	.init = macb_init,
> +};
>  
>  static const struct macb_config zynqmp_config = {
>  	.caps = MACB_CAPS_GIGABIT_MODE_AVAILABLE | MACB_CAPS_JUMBO,
> @@ -2801,6 +2806,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id macb_dt_ids[] = {
>  	{ .compatible = "cdns,at32ap7000-macb" },
>  	{ .compatible = "cdns,at91sam9260-macb", .data = &at91sam9260_config },
>  	{ .compatible = "cdns,macb" },
> +	{ .compatible = "cdns,npx-macb", .data = &npx_config },

I can accept that, but I think that you'd better make your device tree
compatibility string *not* generic. Name it by the first NPx SoC or
perfectly compatible SoC family that has this configuration and you'll
be able to make the NP(x+1) compatible with it.

It has proven to be much more future proof and even if in the early days
of DT on ARM we accepted some binding with generic strings like this one
below, It has proven to be a mistake.

>  	{ .compatible = "cdns,gem", .data = &pc302gem_config },
>  	{ .compatible = "atmel,sama5d2-gem", .data = &sama5d2_config },
> 


-- 
Nicolas Ferre