On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:23:59 +0100, Wolfram Sang 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> > --- > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-ocores.txt | 1 - > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c.txt | 4 +++- > drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 1 + > drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c | 8 +++----- > drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h | 1 + > 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
