Re: [PATCH] Input: atmel_mxt_ts: Add of node type to the i2c table

[Sjoerd Simons]

On Tue, 2014-09-09 at 11:29 +0100, Nick Dyer wrote:
> On 09/09/14 11:21, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> > On 09/09/2014 09:52 AM, Sjoerd Simons wrote:
> >> For i2c devices in OF the modalias exposed to userspace is i2c:<node
> >> type>, for the Maxtouch driver this is i2c:maxtouch.
> >>
> >> Add maxtouch to the i2c id table such that userspace can correctly
> >> load the module for the device and drop the OF table as it's not
> >> needed for i2c devices.
> > I see that Lee is working to allow the I2C subsystem to not need an I2C ID
> > table to match [0]. I'll let Lee to comment what the future plans are and if
> > his series are going to solve your issue since I'm not that familiar with the
> > I2C core.
> 
> I can see the benefit of not having the duplication. Am I correct that
> you're saying that it might make more sense to remove the i2c ids rather
> than the OF table, if Lee's changes are accepted?

You would still need the i2C table for non-OF platforms ofcourse.

I'm not sure what happens with the modalias as exposed to userspace with
Lee's patchset, if that gets changed to prefer an of: type instead of
the current i2c: prefixed ones this patch (at that point) isn't needed.

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Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Collabora Ltd.

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