On 01/13/2014 07:25 AM, Ben Gamari wrote: > Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> 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:"? >> > This would address my concern quite nicely. The text should go into Documentation/ not the DT binding. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
