Re: [PATCH] HID: i2c-hid: Add hid-over-i2c name to i2c id table.

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 02:44:01PM -0700, Benson Leung wrote:
> When using the device tree binding of compatible = "hid-over-i2c"
> the i2c id table also needs to have that name in order to
> auto load this driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benson Leung <bleung@chromium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
> index 747d544..1a7605f 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
> @@ -1123,6 +1123,7 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops i2c_hid_pm = {
>  
>  static const struct i2c_device_id i2c_hid_id_table[] = {
>  	{ "hid", 0 },
> +	{ "hid-over-i2c", 0 },
>  	{ },
>  };
>  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, i2c_hid_id_table);

So we already emit this string this as a module device table (OF one),
why do we need to duplicate it in I2C? This seems like a generic problem
and not an individual driver one.

Thanks.

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Dmitry