Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753413AbXECWSF (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 May 2007 18:18:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753821AbXECWSF (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 May 2007 18:18:05 -0400 Received: from mail-in-01.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.41]:43671 "EHLO mail-in-01.arcor-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753413AbXECWSC convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 May 2007 18:18:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200705032103.33809.arnd@arndb.de> References: <20070503065435.4533.64938.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <200705030948.03984.arnd@arndb.de> <5a7e02f6d1520d8ad02e28ace218981c@kernel.crashing.org> <200705032103.33809.arnd@arndb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Message-Id: <162630d74e53bc10840b667973122fff@kernel.crashing.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@lists.infradead.org From: Segher Boessenkool Subject: Re: [PATCH] [POWERPC] 8xx: mpc885ads pcmcia support Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 00:17:39 +0200 To: Arnd Bergmann X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.623) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 728 Lines: 24 >>> For example, you could make this >>> >>> ??????compatible = "8xx\0mpc885ads"; >> >> "mpc885ads-pcmcia\0mpc8xx-pcmcia" or something like that. > > Right. I can never remember what goes first... It doesn't really matter all that much; "correct" drivers probe for the most specific thing first, then the next most specific thing they support, etc. It is mostly a convention. The important thing is that you can't just call yourself "8xx", that is way to generic a name. Segher - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/