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From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
To: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, grant.likely@linaro.org,
	linus.walleij@linaro.org, linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: Make I2C ID tables non-mandatory for DT'ed and/or ACPI'ed devices
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 14:36:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140530123656.GC2742@katana> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1401452797-29521-2-git-send-email-lee.jones@linaro.org>

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On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 01:26:36PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> Currently the I2C framework insists on devices supplying an I2C ID
> table.  Many of the devices which do so unnecessarily adding quite a
> few wasted lines to kernel code.  This patch allows drivers a means
> to 'not' supply the aforementioned table and match on either DT
> and/or ACPI match tables instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>

Sadly, it is not that easy...

> +	/*
> +	 * An I2C ID table is not madatory, if and only if, a suitable Device
> +	 * Tree and/or ACPI match table entry is supplied for the probing
> +	 * device.
> +	 */

That means we end up with drivers which cannot be used for run-time
instantiation via the 'new_device'-file in sysfs. I don't like that.


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  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-30 12:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-30 12:26 [PATCH 0/{1,1}] i2c: Make I2C ID tables non-mandatory for DT/ACPI Lee Jones
2014-05-30 12:26 ` [PATCH] i2c: Make I2C ID tables non-mandatory for DT'ed and/or ACPI'ed devices Lee Jones
2014-05-30 12:36   ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2014-05-30 12:55     ` Lee Jones
2014-05-30 13:34     ` Lee Jones
2014-05-30 17:48       ` Wolfram Sang
2014-05-30 19:25         ` Lee Jones
2014-05-31 13:48           ` Wolfram Sang
2014-06-02 12:16             ` Linus Walleij
     [not found]               ` <CACRpkdZvyfA0aaJe3YuevXfA2pTZLRPZ3mQpitL6qD7=qE0Xyg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-06-02 12:38                 ` Wolfram Sang
2014-06-02 13:26                   ` Linus Walleij
2014-06-02 13:26                   ` Lee Jones
2014-06-02 14:29                 ` Michael Lawnick
2014-06-03 11:18                   ` Linus Walleij
2014-06-04  6:09                     ` Michael Lawnick
     [not found]                       ` <538EB81B.3090807-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
2014-06-12  7:55                         ` Linus Walleij
     [not found]                           ` <CACRpkda3bL=y3Dmkf59LT97Liep=XEzgE3P-YngLeD_w1qcAzQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-06-12  9:28                             ` Michael Lawnick
2014-05-30 12:26 ` Lee Jones

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