[alsa-devel] [PATCH v3] [POWERPC] Update MPC8610 HPCD to support audio drivers

[Scott Wood]

Grant Likely wrote:
>> +                dma at 21300 {
>> +                        #address-cells = <1>;
>> +                        #size-cells = <1>;
>> +                        compatible = "fsl,mpc8610-dma", "fsl,eloplus-dma";
>> +                        cell-index = <0>;
>> +                        reg = <21300 4>; /* DMA general status register */
>> +                        ranges = <0 21100 200>;
>> +
>> +                        dma-channel at 0 {
>> +                               compatible = "fsl,mpc8610-dma-channel",
>> +                                       "fsl,eloplus-dma-channel";
> 
> Nit: you probably don't need the compatible property for these channel
> nodes since they are 100% dependent on the parent for describing the
> behaviour.

The compatible property in the child nodes gives the driver the option 
of matching the channel rather than the whole thing.

-Scott