Re: [PATCH] assign a default class to MPC adapter

[Michael Lawnick <ml.lawnick-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>]

Wolfram Sang said the following:
>> Could you please elaborate?
> 
> Instead of probing you specify the devices on the i2c-bus in the dts. Example
> for the pcm032 looks like this (from the kernel-tree):
> 
> i2c@3d40 {
> 	#address-cells = <1>;
> 	#size-cells = <0>;
> 	compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-i2c","fsl,mpc5200-i2c","fsl-i2c";
> 	reg = <0x3d40 0x40>;
> 	interrupts = <2 16 0>;
> 	fsl5200-clocking;
> 
> 	rtc@51 {
> 		compatible = "nxp,pcf8563";
> 		reg = <0x51>;
> 	};
> 	eeprom@52 {
> 		compatible = "at24,24c32";
> 		reg = <0x52>;
> 	};
> };
> 
> Boards which relied on probing need to have such child nodes added.

This entry forces the sysFs basic entries, but instantiation of
_new-style_ drivers still fails, at least on my system.

I now proposed a patch for loading the class parameter of the adapter
from device tree.(--><49ED6AD3.2060808-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>) and hope to get an ACK.

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Kind regards,
Michael