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SubjectRE: [PATCH v2 2/2] phy: rcar-gen3-usb2: add fallback binding
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Hi Simon-san,

> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 5:13 PM
>
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:38 AM, Simon Horman <horms+renesas@verge.net.au> wrote:
> > In the case of Renesas R-Car hardware we know that there are generations of
> > SoCs, e.g. Gen 2 and Gen 3. But beyond that its not clear what the
> > relationship between IP blocks might be. For example, I believe that
> > r8a7790 is older than r8a7791 but that doesn't imply that the latter is a
> > descendant of the former or vice versa.
> >
> > We can, however, by examining the documentation and behaviour of the
> > hardware at run-time observe that the current driver implementation appears
> > to be compatible with the IP blocks on SoCs within a given generation.
> >
> > For the above reasons and convenience when enabling new SoCs a
> > per-generation fallback compatibility string scheme being adopted for
> > drivers for Renesas SoCs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@verge.net.au>
>
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Acked-by: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@renesas.com>

Best regards,
Yoshihiro Shimoda

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