2018-07-09 10:52 GMT+02:00 Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>: > 2018-07-09 5:12 GMT+02:00 Chiang, AlanX <alanx.chiang@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Hi Robert, >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>> Sent: Friday, July 6, 2018 4:24 AM >>> To: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> Cc: Chiang, AlanX <alanx.chiang@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-i2c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Yeh, >>> Andy <andy.yeh@xxxxxxxxx>; sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; >>> andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Shevchenko, Andriy >>> <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>; Mani, Rajmohan >>> <rajmohan.mani@xxxxxxxxx>; andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx; >>> tfiga@xxxxxxxxxxxx; jcliang@xxxxxxxxxxxx; brgl@xxxxxxxx; >>> mark.rutland@xxxxxxx; arnd@xxxxxxxx; gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; >>> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: at24: Add address-width >>> property >>> >>> On Thu, 5 Jul 2018, Rob Herring wrote: >>> >>> > On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 05:12:19PM +0800, alanx.chiang@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> > > From: Alan Chiang <alanx.chiang@xxxxxxxxx> >>> > > >>> > > The AT24 series chips use 8-bit address by default. If some chips >>> > > would like to support more than 8 bits, the at24 driver should be >>> > > added the compatible field for specfic chips. >>> > > >>> > > Provide a flexible way to determine the addressing bits through >>> > > address-width in this patch. >>> > > >>> > > Signed-off-by: Alan Chiang <alanx.chiang@xxxxxxxxx> >>> > > Signed-off-by: Andy Yeh <andy.yeh@xxxxxxxxx> >>> > > Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> > > >>> > > --- >>> > > since v1: >>> > > -- Remove the address-width field in the example. >>> > > since v2: >>> > > -- Remove redundant space. >>> > > since v3: >>> > > -- Add Acked-by. >>> > > >>> > > --- >>> > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt | 2 ++ >>> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) >>> > >>> > Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> "... should be added the compatible field ..."?? >>> >>> rday >> >> Maybe I should modify the sentence as below that makes it clear. >> "The compatible field should be added in the at24.c for specific chips.". >> >> I quote Andy's words in patch v2: >> "The current at24 driver has no address width support, thus, reusing same >> (allocated) IDs (non-DT case) is hard." >> >> This is the reason that I submitted the patch. >> >> Thanks >> > > Make it something like: > > Currently the only way to use a variant of a supported model with > a different address width is to define a new compatible string and the > corresponding chip data structure. > > Provide a flexible way to specify the size of the address pointer by > defining a new property: address-width. > > Best regards, > Bartosz Golaszewski > >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ========================================================== >>> ============== >>> Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA >>> http://crashcourse.ca/dokuwiki >>> >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday >>> LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday >>> ========================================================== >>> ============== Hi, I will soon be sending my pull request to Wolfram, so if you still want that applied for 4.19 - please resend with the commit message fixed. Thanks, Bart -- 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
