On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 6:17 AM, Rob Herring <r...@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:09:20PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 6:34 PM, David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote:
> > > From: Greentime Hu <green...@gmail.com>
> > > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:46:14 +0800
> > >> We also use the same binding document to describe the same faraday 
> > >> ethernet
> > >> controller and add faraday to vendor-prefixes.txt.
> > >
> > > Why are you renaming the MOXA binding file instead of adding a completely 
> > > new one
> > > for faraday?  The MOXA one should stick around, I don't see a 
> > > justification for
> > > removing it.
> >
> > This was my suggestion, basically fixing the name of the existing
> > binding, which was
> > accidentally named after one of the users rather than the company that did 
> > the
> > hardware.
> >
> > We can't change the compatible string, but I'd much prefer having only
> > one binding
> > file for this device rather than two separate ones that could possibly 
> > become
> > incompatible in case we add new properties to them. If there is only
> > one of them,
> > naming it according to the hardware design is the general policy.
> >
> > Note that we currently have two separate device drivers, but that is more a
> > historic artifact, and if we ever get around to merging them into one 
> > driver,
> > that should not impact the binding.
>
> The change is fine with me, but the subject and commit message need some
> work.

Hi, Rob:

Would you please advise me of the proper subject and commit messages?
Thanks~

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