Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: marvell: Update Armada 37xx platform bindings

From: Gregory CLEMENT
Date: Wed Feb 01 2023 - 03:28:03 EST


Hello,

> On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 03:12:52PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
>> + Andrew, Gregory, Sebastian
>>
>> please comment on this
>
> Krzysztof said:
>
>> The change is an ABI break, which looks reasonable, but still
>> platform maintainer should comment on it. Especially on the aspect
>> why the marvell,armada3710 fallback was chosen at the first place.
>
> I was not involved in the armada37xx enablement. I have no idea why
> marvell,armada3710 fallback was chosen.
>
> Gregory might know, he is the author of this file.
>
> It does however seem reasonable. And a grep does suggest this
> compatible is purely cosmetic, it is not matched on anywhere.

This compatible was for the single core version of the Armada 37xx.
I think the idea behind using it as fallback was the fact that if it
works for aramda 3720 then it works for armada 3710.

Gregory

>
> Andrew

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