linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of: i2c: Export single device registration method

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Message-Id: <C80926F1-27C6-4F13-93BF-842E50D471DC@antoniou-consulting.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:21:17 +0200
From:	Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>
To:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Matt Porter <matt.porter@...aro.org>,
	Koen Kooi <koen@...inion.thruhere.net>,
	Alison Chaiken <Alison_Chaiken@...tor.com>,
	Dinh Nguyen <dinh.linux@...il.com>,
	Jan Lubbe <jluebbe@...net.de>,
	Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@....com>,
	Michael Stickel <ms@...able.de>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...il.com>,
	Alan Tull <delicious.quinoa@...il.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
	Michael Bohan <mbohan@...eaurora.org>,
	Ionut Nicu <ioan.nicu.ext@....com>,
	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
	Matt Ranostay <mranostay@...il.com>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: i2c: Export single device registration method

Hi Wolfram,

On Jan 13, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 07:57:20PM +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
>> Dynamically inserting i2c client device nodes requires the use
>> of a single device registration method. Rework and export it.
>> 
>> Don't be put off by the weird patch format, it's a simple move
>> of the operations applied on each device to a function.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <panto@...oniou-consulting.com>
> 
> Are there public patches somewhere showing the use case of this patch?
> 

Of course.

> https://github.com/pantoniou/linux-beagle-track-mainline/blob/merge-min-20131105/drivers/of/overlay.c#L454

This is the how i2c DT overlays work, and is the method that the beaglebone releases work with i2c devices.

I am in the process of updating the patchset, but this part of the patch is unaffected.

Regards

-- Pantelis

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