[PATCH] mfd: axp20x-i2c: Add i2c-ids to fix module auto-loading

Hans de Goede hdegoede at redhat.com
Tue Oct 18 03:25:42 PDT 2016


Hi,

On 18-10-16 07:25, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com> wrote:
>> The i2c subsys does not load modules by compatible, only by
>> i2c-id, with e.g. a modalias of: "i2c:axp209".
>>
>> Populate the axp20x_i2c_id[] table with supported ids, so that
>> module auto-loading will work.
>>
>> Reported-by: Dennis Gilmore <dennis at ausil.us>
>> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
>
> Acked-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at csie.org>
>
> Even though axp20x-i2c seems to be the only "DT only" i2c client,
> would it make sense to add DT-based module autoloading to the i2c
> core?

If it is not too invasive, then yes that would be a sensible addition IMHO.

Regards,

Hans



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