Hello Lee, On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 8:49 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This series add OF device ID tables to mfd I2C drivers whose devices are > either used in Device Tree source files or are listed in binding docs as > a compatible string. > > That's done because the plan is to change the I2C core to report proper OF > modaliases instead of always reporting a MODALIAS=i2c:<foo> regardless if > a device was registered via DT or using the legacy platform data mechanism. > > So these patches will make sure that mfd I2C drivers modules will continue > to be autoloaded once the I2C core is changed to report proper OF modalias. > > Users didn't have a vendor prefix in the used compatible strings, but since > there wasn't a DT binding document for these drivers, it can be said that > were working for mere luck and so this series fixes the users and add a DT > binding doc for the drivers. > > Most patches can be applied independently, with the exception of patches > 2 to 4 that should be applied in the same tree to keep bisect-ability. I > suggest these to go through the MFD subsystem tree. > > Best regards, > Javier > Are you planning to pick this series? It has been in the list for months and were resent many times... Best regards, Javier
