linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND, v5, 15/16] powerpc/83xx: Add generic compatible string for I2C EEPROM

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2017 22:21:15 +1000 (AEST)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@...hile0.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@...hile0.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND, v5, 15/16] powerpc/83xx: Add generic compatible string for I2C EEPROM

On Thu, 2017-06-15 at 18:54:17 UTC, Javier Martinez Canillas 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@...hile0.org>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/8d0590cefdc22bc5d6f4d30ea19c95

cheers