Re: Should of_device_is_compatible() use strcmp() rather than strncasecmp()?

Scott Wood writes:

Is there any particular reason that of_device_is_compatible uses 
strncasecmp()?  Besides the OF spec saying that names (and thus 
compatibles) are case sensitive, the "n" part screws up matching when a 
subset of a string is not a more generic version thereof.  For example, 
ucc_geth v. ucc_geth_phy, or fsl,cpm v. fsl,cpm-enet.

Does anything actually rely on this behavior?

Things did in the past rely on the case-insensitive comparison but
probably don't any more.  I recall an issue with "ata" vs. "ATA" on
the powerbook 3400.

As for the "n" part, I don't recall exactly why that was done.  I
think we should change it to use strcmp and fix any drivers that
break.

Paul.