linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] iio: accel: bmc150: Check for a second ACPI device for BOSC0200

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Message-ID: <20171205113801.GU22431@lahna.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 5 Dec 2017 13:38:01 +0200
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Jeremy Cline <jeremy@...ine.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@...bit.com>,
        Steven Presser <steve@...ssers.name>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] iio: accel: bmc150: Check for a second ACPI device
 for BOSC0200

On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 11:27:38AM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> Why does it not make sense to just create them all from the ACPI/I2C core?

How do you know in ACPI/I2C core what is the right thing to do? Is it a
single device, like EEPROM with multiple addresses, or is it multiple
completely separate devices like in case of many sensors?