RE: [PATCH 03/17] dt-bindings: i2c: samsung,s3c2410-i2c: add specific compatibles for existing SoC

From: Alim Akhtar
Date: Fri Nov 10 2023 - 19:55:56 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 4:13 PM
> Samsung Exynos SoC reuses several devices from older designs, thus
> historically we kept the old (block's) compatible only. This works fine and
> there is no bug here, however guidelines expressed in
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/writing-bindings.rst state that:
> 1. Compatibles should be specific.
> 2. We should add new compatibles in case of bugs or features.
>
> Add compatibles specific to each SoC in front of all old-SoC-like compatibles.
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> I propose to take the patch through Samsung SoC (me). See cover letter for
> explanation.
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> .../bindings/i2c/samsung,s3c2410-i2c.yaml | 22 ++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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