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[net-next,v2,1/3] dt-bindings: net: sh_eth: add R-Car Gen[12] fallback compatibility strings

Message ID 20171018072128.11857-2-horms+renesas@verge.net.au (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Geert Uytterhoeven
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Simon Horman Oct. 18, 2017, 7:21 a.m. UTC 
Add fallback compatibility strings for R-Car Gen 1 and 2.

In the case of Renesas R-Car hardware we know that there are generations of
SoCs, f.e. Gen 1 and 2. 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 is being adopted for
drivers for Renesas SoCs.

Note that R-Car Gen2 and RZ/G1 have many compatible IP blocks.  The
approach that has been consistently taken for other IP blocks is to name
common code, compatibility strings and so on after R-Car Gen2.

Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@verge.net.au>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Reviewed-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
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v2
* Corrected typos in changelog
* Collected review tags
* Made whitespace usage consistent with existing text
* Add comma to "When compatible with the generic version, nodes must list"
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt
index 0115c85a2425..5172799a7f1a 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@  This file provides information on what the device node for the SH EtherMAC
 interface contains.
 
 Required properties:
-- compatible: "renesas,gether-r8a7740" if the device is a part of R8A7740 SoC.
+- compatible: Must contain one or more of the following:
+	      "renesas,gether-r8a7740" if the device is a part of R8A7740 SoC.
 	      "renesas,ether-r8a7743"  if the device is a part of R8A7743 SoC.
 	      "renesas,ether-r8a7745"  if the device is a part of R8A7745 SoC.
 	      "renesas,ether-r8a7778"  if the device is a part of R8A7778 SoC.
@@ -14,6 +15,14 @@  Required properties:
 	      "renesas,ether-r8a7793"  if the device is a part of R8A7793 SoC.
 	      "renesas,ether-r8a7794"  if the device is a part of R8A7794 SoC.
 	      "renesas,ether-r7s72100" if the device is a part of R7S72100 SoC.
+	      "renesas,rcar-gen1-ether" for a generic R-Car Gen1 device.
+	      "renesas,rcar-gen2-ether" for a generic R-Car Gen2 or RZ/G1
+	                                device.
+
+	      When compatible with the generic version, nodes must list
+	      the SoC-specific version corresponding to the platform
+	      first followed by the generic version.
+
 - reg: offset and length of (1) the E-DMAC/feLic register block (required),
        (2) the TSU register block (optional).
 - interrupts: interrupt specifier for the sole interrupt.
@@ -36,7 +45,8 @@  Optional properties:
 Example (Lager board):
 
 	ethernet@ee700000 {
-		compatible = "renesas,ether-r8a7790";
+		compatible = "renesas,ether-r8a7790",
+		             "renesas,rcar-gen2-ether";
 		reg = <0 0xee700000 0 0x400>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 		interrupts = <0 162 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;