linux_dsm_epyc7002/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas
Simon Horman b4804e0c71 net: sh_eth: implement R-Car Gen[12] fallback compatibility strings
Implement fallback compatibility strings for R-Car Gen 1 and 2.

In the case of Renesas R-Car hardware we know that there are generations of
SoCs, f.e. Gen 1 and 2. But beyond that its not clear what the relationship
between IP blocks might be. For example, I believe that r8a7790 is older
than r8a7791 but that doesn't imply that the latter is a descendant of the
former or vice versa.

We can, however, by examining the documentation and behaviour of the
hardware at run-time observe that the current driver implementation appears
to be compatible with the IP blocks on SoCs within a given generation.

For the above reasons and convenience when enabling new SoCs a
per-generation fallback compatibility string scheme is being adopted for
drivers for Renesas SoCs.

Note that R-Car Gen2 and RZ/G1 have many compatible IP blocks.  The
approach that has been consistently taken for other IP blocks is to name
common code, compatibility strings and so on after R-Car Gen2.

Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@verge.net.au>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Acked-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-10-20 08:32:24 +01:00
..
Kconfig ptp_clock: Allow for it to be optional 2016-11-16 09:26:34 +01:00
Makefile Renesas Ethernet AVB PTP clock driver 2015-06-11 00:24:12 -07:00
ravb_main.c ravb: Consolidate clock handling 2017-10-12 23:00:50 -07:00
ravb_ptp.c ravb: make ravb_ptp_interrupt() *void* 2016-04-14 00:48:33 -04:00
ravb.h ravb: add wake-on-lan support via magic packet 2017-08-01 17:54:38 -07:00
sh_eth.c net: sh_eth: implement R-Car Gen[12] fallback compatibility strings 2017-10-20 08:32:24 +01:00
sh_eth.h sh_eth: add missing EESIPR bits 2017-01-30 22:05:43 -05:00