Re: [PATCHv5 0/8] 2c: Relax mandatory I2C ID table passing

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

Hello Wolfram,

On 06/09/2016 03:15 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Hi Kieran,
> 
>> * Device Tree
>>   I tested that the device would still register by adding a node in the device
>>   tree for the board, and testing with a built-in module. 
>>
>>  - This worked fine.
>>
>> * Module Autoloading
>>   With the device tree node in the board dts file, it wouldn't automatically
>>   load from the external module. This was due to the rtc-ds1307 module not
>>   exporting an of_match table, and not yet having Javier's "report OF style
>>   modalias when probing using DT" [0]  patch applied
> 
> What I didn't get here: did your version of the RTC driver use probe()
> or probe_new() without i2c_device_id table or did you try both? I assume
> module autoloading only fails with probe_new(), otherwise we would be in
> serious trouble. But I'd wonder then that userspace instantiation works.
>

I can't answer for Kieran but you trimmed this last sentence from him:

>  - With the module updated, and Javiers patch applied, the module autoloads
>

So my understanding is that by updated he meant a patched rtc-ds1307 driver
using a .probe_new, whose i2c_device_id table was removed and of_device_id
table added (that's not present in the mainline driver).

And that's why he needed my RFC patch to report a MODALIAS=of:N*T*Cfoo,bar
and match what's exported to the module using the of_device_id table.

Because drivers that only use .probe and have an i2c_device_id table will
continue to match and report MODALIAS=i2c:foo as before after this series.

> Thanks to you and Javier for the testing. I pushed the patches to a
> local branch for now and will merge once this question is clear.
>
> Regards,
> 
>    Wolfram
> 

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America