On 11/09/14 12:41, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > On 09/11/2014 01:35 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote: >>>> This is a workaround. It would make sense, however, to add it because we >>>> want to support i2c_board_info structures. >>>> >>> >>> I think it really depends if an IP block can be used on non-DT platforms >>> (which I think is true for this trackpad) but if a driver is for an IP block >>> that can only be used on a DT-only platform (e.g: a PMIC that is controlled >>> over I2C and is only compatible with a DT-only SoC) then I don't think we need >>> to support the i2c_board_info structure and can get rid of the I2C ID table on >>> these drivers once Lee series land. >> >> That is exactly what I meant. It should be only added if there is a >> reason other than "workaround". If you say, it doesn't make sense on >> non-DT, then it should not be added. > > Sorry for explaining myself badly. I just tried to say that this is a decision > that has to be made on a per-driver basis but I don't really know if makes > sense or not in this case since I don't know if this device is (or could be) > shipped on non-DT platforms. Nick is in a much better position to answer that > question. There are plenty of out-of-tree users of this driver which don't use DT. The most significant use I'm aware of is on Chromium OS systems. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-samsung-soc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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