Re: [PATCH v4] eeprom/at24: use device_property_*() functions instead of of_get_property()

From: Ben Gardner
Date: Thu Feb 09 2017 - 15:31:20 EST


On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Note: Matching the driver to the I2C device requires another patch.
>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-acpi/msg71914.html
>
> Do I get it right? With the patch applied we won't have a regression but
> the new feature will only be available when the above series is
> upstream? So, it is a "weak" dependency?

That is correct.
This patch shouldn't cause any regressions, but isn't useful without
the other patch series.

The other patch series was picked up today by Rafael J. Wysocki.
http://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=148664872023023&w=2

Ben