[PATCH v2 07/12] I2C: MV64XXX: Add Device Tree support

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Thu Jul 5 02:52:47 EDT 2012


On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 09:49:33PM +0200, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Hello Andrew,
> 
> On Tuesday 03 July 2012 18:58:39 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 05:59:13PM +0200, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > > Hello Andrew,
> > > 
> > > On Tuesday 03 July 2012 16:22:40 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > > Extends the driver to get properties from device tree. Also extend the
> > > > kirkwood DT support to supply the needed properties.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>
> > > > ---
> > > [snip]
> > > > -	if ((pd->id != 0) || !pdata)
> > > > +	if ((!pdata && !pd->dev.of_node) || (pdata && (pd->id != 0)))
> > > >  		return -ENODEV;
> > > 
> > > This is more a reminder than a real remark, but the driver here should not 
> be 
> > > limiting us to a single platform_device. In fact kirkwood55 (88F6282) has 
> two 
> > > I2C controllers for instance.
> > 
> > Yes, i don't understand this code. It looks impossible to use it using
> > platform_data with more than one controller. Any idea why its like
> > this? I didn't want to change the behavior because i don't understand
> > why its like this.
> 
> No idea, we just stumbled over this with a colleague the other day, and just 
> removing the check made our second I2C controller work, so I don't see any 
> reason why there is such a limitation. That said, this is for a subsequent 
> patch.

If you submit a patch, please CC: me and i will ACK it, or test it
etc, and try to sort out the merge conflicts with the DT patch.

	Thanks
		Andrew



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