linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] max77693: added device tree support

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Date:	Fri, 6 Sep 2013 11:50:03 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>, lee.jones@...aro.org,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@...sung.com>,
	Jonghwa Lee <jonghwa3.lee@...sung.com>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	"open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND..." <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] max77693: added device tree support

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:08:39PM +0200, Tomasz Figa wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 of August 2013 18:53:34 Andrzej Hajda wrote:

> > +#ifdef CONFIG_OF
> > +static struct of_device_id max77693_dt_match[] = {
> > +	{.compatible = "maxim,max77693"},
> > +	{},
> > +};
> > +#endif

> As far as I'm aware of, you don't need explicit OF match table for I2C 
> devices, because the I2C OF core can use the array of struct i2c_device_id 
> pointed by .id_table field of struct i2c_driver.

> I'm not sure if a separate OF table isn't preferred, though, so your patch 
> might be fine.

It's still good practice to explicitly define a binding since that
gives a vendor prefix and there are overlaps out there in chip vendor
namings - for example both Wolfson and Wondermedia use "WMxxxx".

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