Device tree configuration for I2C eeprom

Sebastian Siewior linuxppc-embedded at ml.breakpoint.cc
Fri Sep 19 18:12:31 EST 2008


* Grant Likely | 2008-09-19 00:44:58 [-0700]:

>Do not fall into the temptation of writing the device tree to reflect
>the current implementation of the operating system.  Stick to
>established conventions and documented bindings.
>
>That being said, it is a non-issue in this case.  The current Linux OF
>support code automagically strips off the manufacturer prefix when
>registering I2C devices.  Take a look at of_modalias_node() in
>drivers/of/base.c for details.
Thanks for this information.

>
>g.

Sebastian



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