Scott Wood writes: > Is there any particular reason that of_device_is_compatible uses > strncasecmp()? Besides the OF spec saying that names (and thus > compatibles) are case sensitive, the "n" part screws up matching when a > subset of a string is not a more generic version thereof. For example, > ucc_geth v. ucc_geth_phy, or fsl,cpm v. fsl,cpm-enet. > > Does anything actually rely on this behavior?
Things did in the past rely on the case-insensitive comparison but probably don't any more. I recall an issue with "ata" vs. "ATA" on the powerbook 3400. As for the "n" part, I don't recall exactly why that was done. I think we should change it to use strcmp and fix any drivers that break. Paul. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
