[PATCH] i2c-ibm_iic driver

[Stefan Roese]

On Saturday 05 January 2008, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > This is probably not specific enough. I'm rather sure that someone at
> > > IBM has implemented an i2c chip that this driver doesn't support. Maybe
> > >
> > >       .compatible = "ibm,405-iic"
> > >
> > > or similar would be a better thing to check for.
> >
> >         .compatible = "ibm,4xx-iic"
> >
> > please, since 405 and 440 have the same I2C controller.
>
> But that's not how compatible properties work -- they should not
> contain wildcards. If you have different devices that are
> backwards compatible, you should list the older one in all
> newer devices, e.g. the 440 can list that it is compatible
> with both ibm,405-iic and ibm,440-iic. If there was an earlier
> 401 that had iic as well, you may even want to include that
> in the device tree.

OK. Thanks for clarifying.

Best regards,
Stefan