linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: syscon: fix syscon probing from dt

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Date:	Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:36:33 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>,
	Vivek Gautam <gautam.vivek@...sung.com>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>,
	Pankaj Dubey <pankaj.dubey@...sung.com>,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: syscon: fix syscon probing from dt

On Tuesday 06 January 2015 16:30:36 Philipp Zabel wrote:
> Patch bdb0066df96e ("mfd: syscon: Decouple syscon interface from platform devices")
> breaks probing pure syscon devices from device tree, such as anatop and
> iomuxc-gpr on i.MX. This patch adds back the dt id table to match against
> "syscon" compatible device tree nodes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
> 

I don't understand it. Why is this required?

	Arnd
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