Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ata: ahci_st: Provide DT bindings for ST's SATA implementation | Date | Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:59:52 +0100 |
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On Wednesday 12 March 2014 17:14:52 Lee Jones wrote: > > > > > +This binding describes a SATA device. > > > > > + > > > > > +Required properties: > > > > > + - compatible : Must be "st,ahci" > > > > > > > > Is there not a more specific name? This is awfully generic. > > > > > > There isn't one. ST only have one AHCI driver. The driver is named as > > > generically. > > > > If it is this generic, can't you use the completely generic > > ahci-platform driver and add a "generic-ahci" compatible string > > to that? > > It pretty much does. The only 'special' functionality we handle in > the driver are resets and configuring the OOB. However, both are > required.
The reset handling should be easy to add to the generic driver usign as an optional property if I'm not mistaken.
What is OOB?
Arnd
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