On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 11:47:19AM -0500, Ben Gamari wrote: > Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On 12/16/2013 05:12 PM, Ben Gamari wrote: > > > >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/trivial-devices.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/trivial-devices.txt > > > >> This is a list of trivial i2c devices that have simple device tree > >> bindings, consisting only of a compatible field, an address and > >> -possibly an interrupt line. > >> +possibly an interrupt line. The compatible field is used to lookup the > >> +modalias of the driver which will handle the device. The compatible > >> +string may begin with a manufacturer prefix (separated from the > >> +modalias by a comma) which will be stripped off during lookup. > > > > This part of the patch described Linux-specific behaviour, whereas DT > > bindings should be OS-agnostic. > > > I see your point but it would be nice to have language like this > somewhere. One of the biggest challenges in diving in to writing a > devicetree is figuring out details like this. What about putting this into a seperate paragraph prefixed with "Current Linux specific implementation:"?
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