linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/14] i2c: Add Device Tree support to the Nomadik I2C driver

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:46:58 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	linus.walleij@...ricsson.com, arnd@...db.de,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/14] i2c: Add Device Tree support to the Nomadik I2C
 driver

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 07:36:36PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:

> You're not understanding Linus' point.  The compatible string isn't
> useful here because properties like the maximum clock rate of the bus
> depend on the board design, not the silicon.  The controller may be
> perfectly happy to run at a given rate but other devices on the bus or
> the electrical engineering of the PCB itself may restrict this further.

Sorry, I read the next revision and see this was actually resolved OK.
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