Re: [PATCH v2] dt-binding: ipmi: add fallback to npcm845 compatible

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 05/08/2022 13:58, Corey Minyard wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2022 at 09:18:00PM +0300, Tomer Maimon wrote:
>> Add to npcm845 KCS compatible string a fallback to npcm750 KCS compatible
>> string becuase NPCM845 and NPCM750 BMCs are using identical KCS modules.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/npcm7xx-kcs-bmc.txt | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/npcm7xx-kcs-bmc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/npcm7xx-kcs-bmc.txt
>> index cbc10a68ddef..4fda76e63396 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/npcm7xx-kcs-bmc.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ipmi/npcm7xx-kcs-bmc.txt
>> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ used to perform in-band IPMI communication with their host.
>>  Required properties:
>>  - compatible : should be one of
>>      "nuvoton,npcm750-kcs-bmc"
>> -    "nuvoton,npcm845-kcs-bmc"
>> +    "nuvoton,npcm845-kcs-bmc", "nuvoton,npcm750-kcs-bmc"
> 
> This is just wrong.  The compatible is supposed to identify the device,
> not the board the device is on.  I think compatible here should be
> "npcm7xx-kcs-bmc", and just use that everywhere.  It's fine if that is

No, because you propose to use wildcards as compatible which is not
correct. Compatibles must be specific.

Best regards,
Krzysztof