On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:45 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 6:26 PM Wolfram Sang
> <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks for your patch!
>
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
FTR, depending on the extra dummy removed.
> but one question below.
>
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-ocores.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-ocores.txt
> > @@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Examples:
> > reg-io-width = <1>; /* 8 bit read/write */
> >
> > dummy@60 {
> > - compatible = "dummy";
> > reg = <0x60>;
> > };
> > };
>
> There's a second instance to remove 18 lines below.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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