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. > BTW, you didn't CC the DT binding maintainers. > Very true. Fixed. Cheers, - Ben
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