From: David Daney <ddaney.cavm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Ivo Sieben <meltedpianoman-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: David Daney <david.daney-YGCgFSpz5w/QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Rob Herring <rob.herring-bsGFqQB8/DxBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] misc/at25: Add an .id_table to at25 to facilitate driver loading and binding.
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:06:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <505758A1.1050205@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMSQXEHXG=DGT7egbSfdNb2VFTXS+HQ0DoaA2v9dTX_2zn2pZg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On 09/17/2012 12:49 AM, Ivo Sieben wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2012/8/22 David Daney <ddaney.cavm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>:
>> From: David Daney <david.daney-YGCgFSpz5w/QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
>>
>> /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
>> +static const struct spi_device_id at25_id[] = {
>> + {"at25", 0},
>> + {"m95256", 0},
>> + { }
>> +};
>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(spi, at25_id);
>
> I use this driver for the ST M95040, M95020 & M95010 eeprom devices.
> So wouldn't it be better to use the "famliy" name for these chips
> ("m95" instead of "m95256").
>
These are matched against device tree compatible properties. You could
propose adding a generic "st,95xxx" compatible property and adding that
to the at25_id list. But I don't think we want to remove "m95256", as
we have deployed devices using this binding.
David Daney
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-17 17:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-22 19:03 [PATCH 0/2] SPI EEPROM / device tree interaction improvements David Daney
[not found] ` <1345662238-15211-1-git-send-email-ddaney.cavm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-08-22 19:03 ` [PATCH 1/2] misc/at25, dt: Improve at25 SPI eeprom device tree bindings David Daney
[not found] ` <1345662238-15211-2-git-send-email-ddaney.cavm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-09-05 22:57 ` Rob Herring
2012-08-22 19:03 ` [PATCH 2/2] misc/at25: Add an .id_table to at25 to facilitate driver loading and binding David Daney
2012-09-17 7:49 ` Ivo Sieben
[not found] ` <CAMSQXEHXG=DGT7egbSfdNb2VFTXS+HQ0DoaA2v9dTX_2zn2pZg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-09-17 17:06 ` David Daney [this message]
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