Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: uwb: Device tree information for Nxp SR1XX SOCs

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Fri Oct 07 2022 - 08:31:01 EST


On 07/10/2022 13:39, Manjunatha Venkatesh wrote:
>
> On 9/14/2022 8:06 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
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>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2022, at 4:29 PM, Manjunatha Venkatesh wrote:
>>> +
>>> +properties:
>>> + compatible:
>>> + enum:
>>> + - nxp,sr1xx
>>> +
>> You should not have wildcard names in the compatible string.
>> Make this a specific model number without 'xx', and
>> have the devices list their own name along with the oldest
>> one they are compatible with.
>>
>> Arnd
> This driver is common for both sr100 and sr150,so we have used sr1xx
> naming convention or can we use name with highest version(sr150)?

In general each device needs its compatible, so you would need two of
them. However if one is compatible with the other, then express it as
well. IOW, driver binds to one compatible, binding describes both (one
as fallback). There are many, many of such examples in the kernel.

Best regards,
Krzysztof