From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch (vps0.lunn.ch [156.67.10.101]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 704F71514FB; Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:26:24 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1732022786; cv=none; b=W/S8NHLcCTj1wN2H0N55n6pKvoYtScYhEYgpE1iYzaaLT25YJTioHsTsmXLpaYYKyCjoyBxPzZdV+TILo6lssDWJx+HFs/fUX4Lb3zD1bnEAeQNvzNM/RjlOI66gHu1QwUiQErNCSx+tiWU7ZHpbXS8zlFoZ0rRfwFXvC7wJEGA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1732022786; c=relaxed/simple; bh=cOoy4IKrB0v1Tc0ApOxtFvI/5KxrBkZBg06rONCExGs=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=kxJXHTNpecoJgxIFfoex7L/2g91saRsRGrMjSlNZ4nmxcu9OCxN0oVH7FnFJgxuwmpa5OYfHsTuwlDXGI2AYNQIxGET1Qf4MptTNBX6oXvZRS33y5e+xtbpacq6zbKa2g5X+7Yit94GGkQQ0BS7dbfO0P2MiZQvN0twXL7SJcFg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b=v9EloRtN; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b="v9EloRtN" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Disposition:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:From:Sender:Reply-To:Subject: Date:Message-ID:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:References; bh=10XFHA4WlKYuCUuXVeCcAEgWg2V+Sh14geel43tsfcc=; b=v9EloRtNMXlEcEg5euoahINDxU BsgU65QlQD3uKoH2Qfbws9YV99RKTqGhbNFfLlHJdXiMqeRGVZPP9EN3NhIszhvO2b7U1cHNOl8TB Uf2vRBK/g7+XhmdmS+DtqxOBlvzGNzx5wQ9oYLv7nfbV0tIxHs9aYDTptdocqbXumWkc=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1tDOEv-00DnnA-DP; Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:25:57 +0100 Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:25:57 +0100 From: Andrew Lunn To: Jacky Chou Cc: "andrew+netdev@lunn.ch" , "davem@davemloft.net" , "edumazet@google.com" , "kuba@kernel.org" , "pabeni@redhat.com" , "robh@kernel.org" , "krzk+dt@kernel.org" , "conor+dt@kernel.org" , "joel@jms.id.au" , "andrew@codeconstruct.com.au" , "hkallweit1@gmail.com" , "linux@armlinux.org.uk" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "devicetree@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-aspeed@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: =?utf-8?B?5Zue6KaG?= =?utf-8?Q?=3A?= [net-next 0/3] Add Aspeed G7 MDIO support Message-ID: <6ae91aae-5939-4ffd-a430-181fb88d259b@lunn.ch> References: <20241118104735.3741749-1-jacky_chou@aspeedtech.com> <7368c77e-08fe-4130-9b62-f1008cb5a0dc@lunn.ch> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 05:35:40AM +0000, Jacky Chou wrote: > Hi Andrew Lunn > > Thank you for your reply. > > > > The Aspeed 7th generation SoC features three MDIO controllers. > > > The design of AST2700 MDIO controller is the same as AST2600. > > > > If they are identical, why do you need a new compatible? > > We want consistent naming in the DTS of the new SoC, even if Its > design is the same as the older SoC. You might find the DT Maintainers push back against this. What you want is effectively a Marketing game, it has little to do with technology, describing the hardware. Andrew