Re: [PATCH v7 5/7] iio: adc: mcp3911: Add support for spi-device-addr
From: Conor Dooley
Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 12:49:45 EST
On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 09:54:17AM +0200, Janani Sunil wrote:
> Read the generic spi-device-addr property when determining the hardware
> device address. Fall back to the deprecated microchip,device-addr
> property and then to the historical device-addr property to preserve
> compatibility with existing devicetrees.
>
> The device address remains 0 when none of the properties are present.
>
> Signed-off-by: Janani Sunil <janani.sunil@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/iio/adc/mcp3911.c | 9 ++++++---
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/mcp3911.c b/drivers/iio/adc/mcp3911.c
> index ddc3721f3f68..3919a326b4db 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/mcp3911.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/mcp3911.c
> @@ -740,10 +740,13 @@ static int mcp3911_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> }
>
> /*
> - * Fallback to "device-addr" due to historical mismatch between
> - * dt-bindings and implementation.
> + * Fall back to the vendor-specific property, then to "device-addr"
> + * due to a historical mismatch between the binding and implementation.
Jaysus, bit of a mess here.
Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> */
> - ret = device_property_read_u32(dev, "microchip,device-addr", &adc->dev_addr);
> + ret = device_property_read_u32(dev, "spi-device-addr", &adc->dev_addr);
> + if (ret)
> + ret = device_property_read_u32(dev, "microchip,device-addr",
> + &adc->dev_addr);
> if (ret)
> device_property_read_u32(dev, "device-addr", &adc->dev_addr);
> if (adc->dev_addr > 3) {
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>
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