Re: [PATCH 4/4] eeprom: at24: Add OF device ID table

From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Thu Mar 16 2017 - 09:13:17 EST


Hello Wolfram,

On 03/16/2017 10:07 AM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
>
>>> I'd think we should fix the DTS files instead to contain a fallback we
>>> agree on. Say, we agree on "atmel,at24c01" as a the generic fallback,
>>> the DTS should contain:
>>>
>>> compatible = "<your_vendor>,<your_type>", "atmel,at24c01"
>>>
>>> And we shall only keep compatible values in the source file which differ
>>> in behaviour fromt the generic case.
>>>
>>
>> Do you know who that's familiar with this device and driver can do this? I've
>
> Sorry, I don't understand your question. What do you mean?
>

Sorry, for not explaining myself correctly. I meant to ask who can do what you
suggested before. I'm certainly not familiar with this driver to identify what
is the minimum set of compatible strings that can be used as generic fallback.

Best regards,
--
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America