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[U-Boot,v3,3/5] fdt: Add a note to avoid adding new compatible strings

Message ID 1466379196-12252-3-git-send-email-sjg@chromium.org
State Accepted
Commit 01a227dfc890c8e1b6412a7208fb178d9ac22691
Delegated to: Simon Glass
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Simon Glass June 19, 2016, 11:33 p.m. UTC
The list is shrinking and we should avoid adding new things. Instead, a
proper driver should be created with driver model.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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Changes in v3:
- Add new patch to request people avoid adding new compatible strings

 lib/fdtdec.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Comments

Bin Meng June 20, 2016, 1:48 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> wrote:
> The list is shrinking and we should avoid adding new things. Instead, a
> proper driver should be created with driver model.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
> ---
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Add new patch to request people avoid adding new compatible strings
>
>  lib/fdtdec.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>

Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
Simon Glass July 3, 2016, 11:26 p.m. UTC | #2
On 19 June 2016 at 19:48, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> wrote:
>> The list is shrinking and we should avoid adding new things. Instead, a
>> proper driver should be created with driver model.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes in v3:
>> - Add new patch to request people avoid adding new compatible strings
>>
>>  lib/fdtdec.c | 5 +++++
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>
> Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>

Applied to u-boot-dm/next.
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diff --git a/lib/fdtdec.c b/lib/fdtdec.c
index 59b75f0..668acca 100644
--- a/lib/fdtdec.c
+++ b/lib/fdtdec.c
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@  DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
  * Here are the type we know about. One day we might allow drivers to
  * register. For now we just put them here. The COMPAT macro allows us to
  * turn this into a sparse list later, and keeps the ID with the name.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This list is basically a TODO list for things that need to be
+ * converted to driver model. So don't add new things here unless there is a
+ * good reason why driver-model conversion is infeasible. Examples include
+ * things which are used before driver model is available.
  */
 #define COMPAT(id, name) name
 static const char * const compat_names[COMPAT_COUNT] = {