linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/7] i2c: allow DT nodes without 'compatible'

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Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:30:54 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Cc:     linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-i3c@...ts.infradead.org,
        Kieran Bingham <kieran@...uared.org.uk>,
        Niklas Söderlund 
        <niklas.soderlund@...natech.se>,
        Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>,
        Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@...ndi.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/7] i2c: allow DT nodes without 'compatible'

On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:23:59 +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Sometimes, we have unknown devices in a system and still want to block
> their address. For that, we allow DT nodes with only a 'reg' property.
> These devices will be bound to the "dummy" driver but with the name
> "reserved". That way, we can distinguish them and even hand them over to
> the "dummy" driver later when they are really requested using
> i2c_new_ancillary_device().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-ocores.txt | 1 -
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt        | 4 +++-
>  drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c                          | 1 +
>  drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c                            | 8 +++-----
>  drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h                               | 1 +
>  5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>