linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] power: sbs-battery: rename internals to new name

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Date:	Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:20:10 -0800
From:	Rhyland Klein <rklein@...dia.com>
To:	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org" 
	<devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] power: sbs-battery: rename internals to new name

On Mon, 2011-12-05 at 17:20 -0800, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 03:58:04PM -0800, Rhyland Klein wrote:
> [...]
> > -static const struct i2c_device_id bq20z75_id[] = {
> > -	{ "bq20z75", 0 },
> > +static const struct i2c_device_id sbs_id[] = {
> > +	{ "sbs-battery", 0 },
> 
> You have to leave "bq20z75" here as is, and add "sbs-battery" as an
> additional device id.
> 
> The reason is that older device trees might already have compatible
> = "bq20z75", without specifying "sbs-battery".
> 
> Thanks!
> 

Good thought! I had thought about that at some point but apparently not
when actually working on the patch. Will do in v2.

-rhyland

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