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Re: [PATCH v5 03/20] ARM: dts: omap: Add generic compatible string for I2C EEPROM

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  Re: [PATCH v5 03/20] ARM: dts: omap: Add generic compatible string  for I2C EEPROM Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> - 2017-05-26 18:00 +0200

#1651449 — Re: [PATCH v5 03/20] ARM: dts: omap: Add generic compatible string for I2C EEPROM

* Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@dowhile0.org> [170523 06:38]:
> The at24 driver allows to register I2C EEPROM chips using different vendor
> and devices, but the I2C subsystem does not take the vendor into account
> when matching using the I2C table since it only has device entries.
> 
> But when matching using an OF table, both the vendor and device has to be
> taken into account so the driver defines only a set of compatible strings
> using the "atmel" vendor as a generic fallback for compatible I2C devices.
> 
> So add this generic fallback to the device node compatible string to make
> the device to match the driver using the OF device ID table.

Picking this patch into omap-for-v4.13/dt thanks.

Tony

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