linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/19] hwmon: Add OF device table to I2C drivers that are missing it

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Date:   Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:10:38 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Dirk Eibach <eibach@...ys.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/19] hwmon: Add OF device table to I2C drivers that are
 missing it

On 02/24/2017 05:12 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This series add OF device ID tables to hwmon I2C drivers whose devices are
> either used in Device Tree source files or are listed in binding docs as a
> compatible string.
>
> That's done because the plan is to change the I2C core to report proper OF
> modaliases instead of always reporting a MODALIAS=i2c:<foo> regardless if
> a device was registered via DT or using the legacy platform data.
>
> So these patches will make sure that hwmon I2C drivers will continue to be
> able to module auto-load oncethe I2C core is changed.

Series applied to hwmon-next.

Thanks,
Guenter