[PATCH] i2c: let the core register devices from devicetree
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at sunsite.dk
Thu Jun 14 03:31:49 EDT 2012
>>>>> "Wolfram" == Wolfram Sang <w.sang at pengutronix.de> writes:
Wolfram> Currently, every driver has to do it on its own, but it should
Wolfram> be done in the core, like we already do with board_info
Wolfram> structs.
Wolfram> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang at pengutronix.de>
Wolfram> ---
Wolfram> Based on v3.5-rc2. Only build tested, I don't have a OF based device
Wolfram> around at the moment.
Neither have I, but it looks good.
Acked-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet at sunsite.dk>
Wolfram> @Peter: Why does ocores do the device registration manually via
Wolfram> platform_data instead of using board_info?
Because of dd14be4c274 (i2c-ocores: Can add I2C devices to the bus), a
patch I wasn't CC'ed on and haven't acked. I only noticed it later when
the I2C tree got merged into mainline.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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