On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 3:00 AM [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi Rob,

On 22/01/2019 at 02:07, Rob Herring wrote:

quoted

On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:57:38AM +0100, Nicolas Ferre wrote:

quoted

Update the Reset Controller's binding to add new SoC compatibility string.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>
---
  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-sysregs.txt | 1 +
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-sysregs.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-sysregs.txt
index 36952cc39993..badce6ef3ab3 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-sysregs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/atmel-sysregs.txt

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Its subnodes can be:
  RSTC Reset Controller required properties:
  - compatible: Should be "atmel,<chip>-rstc".
    <chip> can be "at91sam9260", "at91sam9g45", "sama5d3" or "samx7"
+  it also can be "microchip,sam9x60-rstc"

How is this related to at91sam9260-rstc?

at91sam9260 and sam9x60 are completely different products (they share
the same core though...). I know the naming could be misleading but it
is like it is...

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The 'x' is a wildcard? We generally avoid wildcards.

Here, the 'x' is definitively not a wildcard nor a kind of "family"
name, it's included in the (upcoming) single product's name.

I hope it clarifies.

Yes, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>

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