linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: Make I2C ID tables non-mandatory for DT'ed and/or ACPI'ed devices

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdbnzy3rSXQ8AFAYmtM93MGKmRj2F566LMvKDhtSw2MLxQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2014 15:26:13 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org" <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: Make I2C ID tables non-mandatory for DT'ed and/or
 ACPI'ed devices

On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de> wrote:

> Though, I wouldn't mind if compatible entries could be passed to the
> 'new_device' file, in addition to i2c_device_ids. Yet, this needs some
> extra handling I haven't found the time for, yet.

Hm that's a way forward then I guess... but passing a compatible
string to that same file is a bit arbitrarily ambigous. So we'd rather
add a new instatiation file named new_device_of_compatible or so?

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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