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Message-ID: <534a40d5-df07-466c-a27d-030c5bf93070@roeck-us.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 09:19:41 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Josua Mayer <josua@...id-run.com>
Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
	Yazan Shhady <yazan.shhady@...id-run.com>,
	Jon Nettleton <jon@...id-run.com>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Rabeeh Khoury <rabeeh@...id-run.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (amc6821) add of_match table

On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 12:06:58PM +0100, Josua Mayer wrote:
> Add of_match table for "ti,amc6821" compatible string.
> This fixes automatic driver loading by userspace when using device-tree,
> and if built as a module like major linux distributions do.
> 
> While devices probe just fine with i2c_device_id table, userspace can't
> match the "ti,amc6821" compatible string from dt with the plain
> "amc6821" device id. COnsequently kernel module ca not be loaded.

Applied, after cleaning up the last sentence above.

Guenter