Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 08 Nov 2022 12:07:33 +0100 | From | "Arnd Bergmann" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v1 7/7] ARM: dts: imx: Update i.MXRT1050.dtsi compatibles |
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On Mon, Nov 7, 2022, at 16:09, Jesse Taube wrote: > On 11/7/22 02:44, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2022, at 08:15, Jesse Taube wrote: >>> Remove unused compatibles from i.MXRT1050.dtsi. >>> Change GPT clock-names to match documentation. >>> >>> Cc: Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti@benettiengineering.com> >>> Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <Mr.Bossman075@gmail.com> >> >> Can you make sure your changelog texts explain why you do this? > Yes, sorry I wasn't clear. > >> Are they fundamentally different from the devices you had >> claimed to be compatible with that need a different driver, > > UART and SDHC had drivers added which are better fit. > The GPT binds to imx6dl which is also the same as imx6sl.
Where are those drivers added? Looking at linux-6.1-rc2 and linux-next, I still see them use the same drivers as the original ones, and listing both strings would be the preferred method.
>> or are there drivers in the field that bind to the wrong >> string first? > I don't understand?
I mean if you had run into the case where you have a driver that misbehaves when the fallback string is present in addition to the most specific one.
Arnd
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