Re: [PATCH v2 029/106] ccs: Remove the I²C ID table

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Hi Mauro,

On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 10:34:45AM +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Wed,  7 Oct 2020 11:44:42 +0300
> Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> 
> > The I²C ID table is no longer needed; remove it.
> 
> Why not? Please provide more information.
> 
> In summary, please change the description in order to answer the
> following questions:
> 
> For OF-based drivers, removing I2C probing won't cause any harm,
> as the patch is keeping css_of_able, but wouldn't it affect other 
> drivers that could, for example, be using ACPI, instead?
> 
> Or is this driver incompatible with other probing methods?

ACPI doesn't need this anymore. It did though.

Platform data support has been (gradually) removed so I believe this can be
removed, too. If someone can show it has a purpose, I don't have objections
to reverting this later either.

-- 
Regards,

Sakari Ailus



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