linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mfd: retu: Add OF device ID table

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Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2017 10:23:55 -0300
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mfd: retu: Add OF device ID table

Hello Lee,

On 02/21/2017 10:34 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The driver doesn't have a struct of_device_id table but supported devices
> are registered via Device Trees. This is working on the assumption that a
> I2C device registered via OF will always match a legacy I2C device ID and
> that the MODALIAS reported will always be of the form i2c:<device>.
> 
> But this could change in the future so the correct approach is to have a
> OF device ID table if the devices are registered via OF.
> 
> The compatible strings don't have a vendor prefix because that's how it's
> used currently, and changing this will be a Device Tree ABI break.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
> ---

Any comment on this patch and 2/2?

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America