From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: moore@free.fr (Chris Moore) Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 06:18:39 +0200 Subject: DT: newbie questions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00d73329-ff75-5041-7400-1f52f18ca46e@free.fr> To: linus-amlogic@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linus-amlogic.lists.infradead.org Le 15/05/2017 ? 11:28, Chris Moore a ?crit : > Hi, > > Sorry for these newbie questions :( > > I would like to add support for the cheap Chinese KI PLUS S905 boxes > which seem very popular. > They are re-branded (or cloned) by several different vendors. > In particular the most serious seem to be:- > VideoStrong (http://www.videostrong.com/product.asp?sid=257) > Acemax > (http://www.acemax.net.cn/droid-world/droid-box/hybrid-android-dvb-t2-dvb-s2/kii-pro-ki-plus-s2-t2-combo-149.html#.WRls_GjyiUk) > > I actually have an Xtreamer mxV (http://www.xtreamer.net/mxv) which > seems to be an exact clone. > > My first question is what to put in the compatible line. > I could put: > a) compatible = "videostrong,kiplus", "acemax,kiplus", "xtreamer,mxv", > "amlogic,meson-gxbb"; > but there are many other KI PLUS vendors so I could maybe omit the > vendor: > b) compatible = "kiplus", "xtreamer,mxv", "amlogic,meson-gxbb"; > but this poses the problem of what to put in amlogic.txt which seems > to require a vendor. Another solution to the multi-vendor problem could be to create a pseudo-vendor "generic" (or similar) and then have: c) compatible = "generic,kiplus", "xtreamer,mxv", "amlogic,meson-gxbb"; Would this be acceptable? > > My second question is what to base my patch on: > Should it be v4.12/dt64 in Kevin's linux-amlogic.git? > > My third question concerns the SDIO WiFi. > The WiFi chip seems to vary between boards. > My board has a Realtek RTL8189ETV. > I note that its (unfortunately out of tree) driver is loaded even if > the DT specifies a Broadcom chip. > Is it really necessary to specify the chip in the DT? > (It seems that the SDIO, like the PCI and USB buses, recognizes > connected devices by their IDs.) > > My final question is how to submit my patch. > Should I send an RFC to this list for approval before possibly > spamming others? > > I thank you in advance for your replies and your tolerance. > > Cheers, > Chris Moore > > _______________________________________________ > linux-amlogic mailing list > linux-amlogic at lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-amlogic >