linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: add "size" property.

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Date:   Thu, 3 Aug 2017 15:27:34 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     divagar.mohandass@...el.com
Cc:     mark.rutland@....com, wsa@...-dreams.de,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rajmohan.mani@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: add "size" property.

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 10:13:07PM +0530, divagar.mohandass@...el.com wrote:
> From: Divagar Mohandass <divagar.mohandass@...el.com>

Please improve the subject. Add size to what?

> 
> This adds "size" as optional property for i2c eeproms.
> 
> "size" should be mentioned in byte and it should refer
> to the eeprom size. This will be read by the driver and
> used to calculating the number of bytes in read/write calls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Divagar Mohandass <divagar.mohandass@...el.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/eeprom.txt | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/eeprom.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/eeprom.txt
> index 5696eb5..1436569 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/eeprom.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/eeprom.txt
> @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Optional properties:
>  
>    - read-only: this parameterless property disables writes to the eeprom
>  
> +  - size: total eeprom size in bytes
> +

This should be implied by the compatible string of the eeprom. Why do 
you need this?

Rob