linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] ARM: pxa: stargate2: use device properties for at24 eeprom

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Message-ID: <878ta24uyy.fsf@belgarion.home>
Date:   Wed, 04 Apr 2018 21:44:53 +0200
From:   Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...23.retrosnub.co.uk>,
        Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] ARM: pxa: stargate2: use device properties for at24 eeprom

Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> writes:

> We want to work towards phasing out the at24_platform_data structure.
> There are few users and its contents can be represented using generic
> device properties. Using device properties only will allow us to
> significantly simplify the at24 configuration code.
>
> Remove the at24_platform_data structure and replace it with an array
> of property entries. Drop the byte_len/size property, as the model name
> already implies the EEPROM's size.
Hi Bartosz,

I'd like a little explanation for the last sentence. Are you implying that
ac24.c is using the "type" field, and if so could you point me to the correct
line, because I was under the impression a property called "size" is used for
byte_len value ... ?

Cheers.

--
Robert