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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:06:47 +0000 From: Daniel Drake <dsd@...top.org> To: Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, cbou@...l.ru, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] of/pdt: allow DT device matching by fixing 'name' brokenness On 23 February 2011 19:54, Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net> wrote: >> Wait; why are you binding to a device based on name? Binding by name >> and/or device_type is strongly discouraged for new code. Use >> compatible instead. >> > > Daniel posted a separate patch showing his code, would you mind > commenting on that? I noticed he didn't cc you though, here's the > patch: > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/574901/ It does bind to the name. We don't currently have a compatible property for the battery device. We could fix that with a firmware upgrade, but it would break compatibility with all existing installs. I guess this is still the recommended approach... Daniel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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