Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] i2c: allow DT nodes without 'compatible'

[Wolfram Sang]

> > Sometimes, we have unknown devices in a system and still want to block
> > their address. For that, we allow DT nodes with only a 'reg' property.
> > These devices will be bound to the "dummy" driver but with the name
> > "reserved". That way, we can distinguish them and even hand them over to
> > the "dummy" driver later when they are really requested using
> > i2c_new_ancillary_device().
> 
> Oh how I long to be able to give these 'identifiable names' within the
> system, but that will probably mess up all the driver matching and
> binding, so would be quite tricky perhaps.

I haven't found a way yet to use 'name' to give more meaningful
descriptions to dummies. My best bet so far is to use additional links
in sysfs.

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