Re: [PATCH] dt: Update I2C trivial devices list

[Wolfram Sang <wsa-z923LK4zBo2bacvFa/9K2g@public.gmane.org>]

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On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 11:47:19AM -0500, Ben Gamari wrote:
> Stephen Warren <swarren-3lzwWm7+Weoh9ZMKESR00Q@public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
> > On 12/16/2013 05:12 PM, Ben Gamari wrote:
> >
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/trivial-devices.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/trivial-devices.txt
> >
> >>  This is a list of trivial i2c devices that have simple device tree
> >>  bindings, consisting only of a compatible field, an address and
> >> -possibly an interrupt line.
> >> +possibly an interrupt line. The compatible field is used to lookup the
> >> +modalias of the driver which will handle the device. The compatible
> >> +string may begin with a manufacturer prefix (separated from the
> >> +modalias by a comma) which will be stripped off during lookup.
> >
> > This part of the patch described Linux-specific behaviour, whereas DT
> > bindings should be OS-agnostic.
> >
> I see your point but it would be nice to have language like this
> somewhere. One of the biggest challenges in diving in to writing a
> devicetree is figuring out details like this.

What about putting this into a seperate paragraph prefixed with "Current
Linux specific implementation:"?


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