linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/12] Input: elantech - Prepare a complete software node for the device

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Message-ID: <YGIk8+vw01rdVAVx@google.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Mar 2021 12:05:23 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/12] Input: elantech - Prepare a complete software node
 for the device

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 01:50:46PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> Creating a software node and supplying that for the device
> instead of only the device properties in it. A software
> node was always created in any case to hold the additional
> device properties, so this change does not have any real
> effect.
> 
> This change makes it possible to remove support for the
> problematic "dangling" device properties from i2c subsystem,
> i.e. the "properties" member from struct i2c_board_info. The
> problems caused by them are not related to this driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry