Re: [PATCH] dt: Update I2C trivial devices list

Stephen Warren [off-list ref] writes:

On 12/16/2013 05:12 PM, Ben Gamari wrote:

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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/trivial-devices.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/trivial-devices.txt

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 This is a list of trivial i2c devices that have simple device tree
 bindings, consisting only of a compatible field, an address and
-possibly an interrupt line.
+possibly an interrupt line. The compatible field is used to lookup the
+modalias of the driver which will handle the device. The compatible
+string may begin with a manufacturer prefix (separated from the
+modalias by a comma) which will be stripped off during lookup.

This part of the patch described Linux-specific behaviour, whereas DT
bindings should be OS-agnostic.

I see your point but it would be nice to have language like this
somewhere. One of the biggest challenges in diving in to writing a
devicetree is figuring out details like this.

BTW, you didn't CC the DT binding maintainers.

Very true. Fixed.

Cheers,

- Ben