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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] OF: base: match each node compatible against all given matches first
> I added Meelis on Cc because he found a regression with my original
> proposal (107a84e61cdd "of: match by compatible property first"). That
> got later reverted in commit bc51b0c22ceb (Revert "of: match by
> compatible property first"). Here's the commit message for reference:
>
> commit bc51b0c22ceb
> Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Date: Tue Jul 10 12:49:32 2012 -0700
>
> Revert "of: match by compatible property first"
>
> This reverts commit 107a84e61cdd3406c842a0e4be7efffd3a05dba6.
>
> Meelis Roos reports a regression since 3.5-rc5 that stops Sun Fire V100
> and Sun Netra X1 sparc64 machines from booting, hanging after enabling
> serial console. He bisected it to commit 107a84e61cdd.
>
> Rob Herring explains:
> "The problem is match combinations of compatible plus name and/or type
> fail to match correctly. I have a fix for this, but given how late it
> is for 3.5 I think it is best to revert this for now. There could be
> other cases that rely on the current although wrong behavior. I will
> post an updated version for 3.6."
>
> Bisected-and-reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee>
> Requested-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>
> Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@avionic-design.de>
> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
>
> So if Meelis still has access to the Sun Fire V100 and Sun Netra X1
> machines that regressed last time around, it'd be great to get this
> patch tested on them to verify that it indeed fixes the problem and
> doesn't regress.

OK, I had forgotten about that.

Tested successfully on the same Sun Fire V100 and Sun Netra X1, on top
of 3.13-rc2. The sunsu console is detected fine and I see no problem for
now.

--
Meelis Roos (mroos@linux.ee)


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