Re: [PATCH net-next 8/8] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: fail on mismatching probe

Hi,

Andrew Lunn [off-list ref] writes:

On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 08:44:56PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:

quoted

Now that we have access at probe time to the chip info described in the
device tree, check if the probed device matches the device node,
otherwise warn the user and fail.

What good is this? So what if the device tree says a different
model. We don't care, we don't use that information at all, we read it
from the device itself.

So we can end up with a badly described device tree. It seems to be a
question of rigor vs. flexibility. I don't know much about the DT
philosophy and I don't really mind as long as we warn the user.

I'd like to have other opinions on this though before pushing v2.

Thanks,

        Vivien