Re: [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: at24: consistently document the compatible property

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

Hello Bartosz,

Nice patch.

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Current description of the compatible property for at24 is quite vague.
>
> Specify an exact list of accepted compatibles and document the - now
> deprecated - strings which were previously used in device tree files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt | 50 +++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt
> index cbc80e194ac6..6ccbd000bfa4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt
> @@ -2,28 +2,34 @@ EEPROMs (I2C)
>
>  Required properties:
>
> -  - compatible : should be "<manufacturer>,<type>", like these:
> -
> -       "atmel,24c00", "atmel,24c01", "atmel,24c02", "atmel,24c04",
> -       "atmel,24c08", "atmel,24c16", "atmel,24c32", "atmel,24c64",
> -       "atmel,24c128", "atmel,24c256", "atmel,24c512", "atmel,24c1024"
> -
> -       "catalyst,24c32"
> -
> -       "microchip,24c128"
> -
> -       "ramtron,24c64"
> -
> -       "renesas,r1ex24002"
> -
> -       The following manufacturers values have been deprecated:
> -       "at", "at24"
> -
> -        If there is no specific driver for <manufacturer>, a generic
> -        device with <type> and manufacturer "atmel" should be used.
> -        Possible types are:
> -        "24c00", "24c01", "24c02", "24c04", "24c08", "24c16", "24c32", "24c64",
> -        "24c128", "24c256", "24c512", "24c1024", "spd"
> +  - compatible: must be one of the following:
> +
> +        "atmel,24c00",
> +        "atmel,24c01",
> +        "atmel,24c02",
> +        "atmel,24c04",
> +        "atmel,24c08",
> +        "atmel,24c16",
> +        "atmel,24c32",
> +        "atmel,24c64",
> +        "atmel,24c128",
> +        "atmel,24c256",
> +        "atmel,24c512",
> +        "atmel,24c1024"
> +
> +  NOTE: old compatible strings, such as:
> +
> +        "catalyst,24c32",
> +        "microchip,24c128",
> +        "ramtron,24c64",
> +        "renesas,r1ex24002",
> +        "at,24c08",
> +        "at24,24c08"
> +
> +  will still work, but are now deprecated.
> +
> +  Also: matching by device type alone - while still supported due to
> +  implementation details in I2C core - is deprecated as well.
>

I don't think that's correct to mention Linux specific implementation
details in a Device Tree binding. It's supposed to be OS independent
and in theory the same DT binding could be used in other OS /
bootloaders.

With that last paragraph removed, feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>

>    - reg : the I2C address of the EEPROM
>

Best regards,
Javier