Re: [PATCH 2/4] i2c: nomadik: support Mobileye EyeQ6H I2C controller

["Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>]

On Tue Oct 8, 2024 at 6:03 PM CEST, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 08/10/2024 16:43, Théo Lebrun wrote:
> > On Tue Oct 8, 2024 at 3:39 PM CEST, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> On Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 12:29:41PM +0200, Théo Lebrun wrote:
> >>> +	bool is_eyeq6h = of_device_is_compatible(np, "mobileye,eyeq6h-i2c");
> >>> +	bool is_eyeq5 = of_device_is_compatible(np, "mobileye,eyeq5-i2c");
> >>
> >> You should use match data, not add compatibles in the middle of code.
> >> That's preferred, scallable pattern. What you added here last time does
> >> not scale and above change is a proof for that.
> > 
> > I would have used match data if the driver struct had a .of_match_table
> > field. `struct amba_driver` does not. Are you recommending the approach
> > below?
> > 
> > I don't see how it brings much to the driver but I do get the scaling
> > issue as the number of support compatibles increases. This is a fear
> > based on what *could* happen in the future though.
>
> You still have adev->dev.of_node, which you can use for matching in
> probe. See for example of_match_device() (and add a note so people will
> not convert it to device_get_match_data() blindly).

Just sent the new revision [0]. It uses of_match_device() in the same
way as was shown in my previous answer to this thread [1]. Followed
your recommendation and added a comment to avoid conversions to
device_get_match_data().

Thanks!

[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241009-mbly-i2c-v2-0-ac9230a8dac5@bootlin.com/
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/D4QI63B6YQU5.3UPKA7G75J445@bootlin.com/

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