linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver: misc: bmp085: remove "of_match

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Message-ID: <20120806154214.GC29272@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:42:14 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
Cc:	Sourav Poddar <sourav.poddar@...com>, arnd@...db.de,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver: misc: bmp085: remove "of_match_table" property.

On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 12:30:34PM +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 02:58:44PM +0530, Sourav Poddar wrote:
> > There is an automatic binding done for I2C devices in the of_i2c core
> > code. So, DT will be able to bind to any I2C device using the
> > already existing table: MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, bmp085_id).

> Acked-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>

It's good practice to have an explict compatible string even if the
default happens to work in order to avoid any name clashes.
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