linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] leds: pca955x: Add an IBM software implementation of the PCA9552 chip

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:29:51 -0500
From:   Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux LED Subsystem <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        vishwa@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] leds: pca955x: Add an IBM software implementation of
 the PCA9552 chip


On 7/9/20 3:50 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 11:16 PM Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
>> IBM created an implementation of the PCA9552 on a PIC16F
>> microcontroller. The I2C device addresses are different from the
>> hardware PCA9552, so add a new compatible string and associated
>> platform data to be able to probe this device.
> This is weird. I would rather expect ibm prefix with corresponding part number.


Yep I agree now, see my note to Pavel just now.


Thanks,

Eddie


>
>> +       pca9552_ibm,
>> +       [pca9552_ibm] = {
>> +       { "pca9552-ibm", pca9552_ibm },
>> +       { .compatible = "nxp,pca9552-ibm", .data = (void *)pca9552_ibm },
>