Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] input: adxl34x: Add OF match support

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On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I still do not understand what we are trying to fix here. Why is
> "adi,adxl34x" compatible string no good anymore? If we start using exact
> models and the physical device does not match do we abort probe? What is
> the problem that we are solving here?

Because there's no guarantee that the driver actually supports all
"adi,adxl34<x>" with <x> = 0..9, some of which don't exist yet.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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