linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 11/22] ARM: dts: koelsch: Add generic compatible string for I2C EEPROM

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2017 21:52:19 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/22] ARM: dts: koelsch: Add generic compatible string
 for I2C EEPROM

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 8:28 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas
<javier@....samsung.com> wrote:
> The at24 driver allows to register I2C EEPROM chips using different vendor
> and devices, but the I2C subsystem does not take the vendor into account
> when matching using the I2C table since it only has device entries.
>
> But when matching using an OF table, both the vendor and device has to be
> taken into account so the driver defines only a set of compatible strings
> using the "atmel" vendor as a generic fallback for compatible I2C devices.
>
> So add this generic fallback to the device node compatible string to make
> the device to match the driver using the OF device ID table.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7791-koelsch.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7791-koelsch.dts
> @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@
>         };
>
>         eeprom@50 {
> -               compatible = "renesas,24c02";
> +               compatible = "renesas,24c02","atmel,24c02";

Missing space after comma.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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