Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] eeprom: at24: convert magic numbers to structs.

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On 2017-12-08 16:28, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote:
> Bartosz wrote:
>> Just make it accept two parameters: the string and the data object
>> name. For example:
>>
>> AT24_OF_DEVICE_ID("atmel,24c01", 24c01);
>>
> 
> I don't want to do too much bikeshedding,
> but one last comment.
> 
> Is it a good idea to have duplicated information?
> Do you think the risk of a typo mismatch is acceptable? E.g.
> AT24_OF_DEVICE_ID("atmel,24c01", 24c02);
> 
> At least the original syntax is not susceptible to this problem,
> but of course as you say, it hides the of_ compatible string:
> AT24_OF_DEVICE_ID(atmel, 24c01);
> /* hides 'atmel,24c01' */

It's nice to be able to grep for compatible strings.

$.02

/peda




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