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. Cheers, - Ben
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