linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] dt-bindings: iio: imu: magnetometer: Add ak09118

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Message-ID: <20240806-crouch-poker-c8ae9cc07e7f@spud>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 17:01:54 +0100
From: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To: Barnabás Czémán <barnabas.czeman@...nlining.org>
Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Jonathan Albrieux <jonathan.albrieux@...il.com>,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux@...nlining.org,
	Danila Tikhonov <danila@...xyga.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] dt-bindings: iio: imu: magnetometer: Add ak09118

On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 05:00:44PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 08:10:19AM +0200, Barnabás Czémán wrote:
> > From: Danila Tikhonov <danila@...xyga.com>
> > 
> > Document asahi-kasei,ak09918 compatible.
> 
> Please explain what makes this device incompatible with those already in
> the binding and why a fallback is not suitable.

From the driver patch:
| Add additional AK09118 to the magnetometer driver which has the same
| register mapping and scaling as the AK09112 device.

Why isnt a fallback suitable here?


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