[PATCH 1/3] misc: at24: parse OF-data, too

[Wolfram Sang]

Hi,

> As far as I could tell, using compatible = <24c64>; didn't load the right
> module (module name is at24) and using at24 caused a device id mismatch
> because at24 is not a known device ID. I could be wrong here and if so, I'd
> very  much like a source code hint as to why...

Have you tried "<vendor>, 24c64"? All I can say is that it works for me. Plain
at24 worked for years with pcm030.dts and pcm032.dts, so I don't know which
issue you are facing. This patch is just about extending the support.

> My patch worked by changing drivers/of/of_i2c.c to allow a generic
> kind = " " statement that was filled in as i2c_board_info.type, to allow
> the module name and the device id to be different.
> This makes the at24 driver no longer rely on probing (which it claims
> is buggy anyway) and also benefits other drivers that support multiple
> devices, but where probing is difficult (e.g. lm90 driver).
>
> I'm in the process of getting employer approval to get these patches  
> upstream.

I hope you will get it approved, it is a lot easier to talk about code :)

Best regards,

   Wolfram

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