linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c-dev: Introduce "linux,i2c-dev-name" property for device tree of I2C controller.

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Message-ID: <mnzj5bqbiuwt4dqnenwctejdnqccqzk2x4tkz2ukqssrmdmsxc@7srnfnfjym26>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 12:28:03 +0200
From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>
To: egyszeregy@...email.hu, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c-dev: Introduce "linux,i2c-dev-name" property for
 device tree of I2C controller.

> Optionally, an I2C controller may have a "linux,i2c-dev-name" property.
> This is a string which is defining a custom suffix name for I2C device
> in /dev/i2c-<name> format. It helps to improve software portability between
> various SoCs and reduce complexities of hardware related codes in SWs.

(I thought I already replied to this?)

Highly similar to [1] from 2021. I don't have a super clear opinion
about this, so I'd need help from the DT maintainers. But the discussion
from back then stalled.

[1] http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-i2c/list/?series=237908

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