While reviewing an i2c driver for efm32 that needs a similar property Wolfram Sang pointed out that "location" is a too generic name for something that is efm32 specific. So add an appropriate namespace and fall back to the generic name in case of failure. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes since (implicit) v1, sent with Message-Id: 1394813009-22796-1-git-send-email-u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: - adapt dt binding document accordingly Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/efm32-uart.txt | 4 ++-- drivers/tty/serial/efm32-uart.c | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/efm32-uart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/efm32-uart.txt index 8e080b893b49..1984bdfbd545 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/efm32-uart.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/efm32-uart.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Required properties: - interrupts : Should contain uart interrupt Optional properties: -- location : Decides the location of the USART I/O pins. +- efm32,location : Decides the location of the USART I/O pins. Allowed range : [0 .. 5] Default: 0 @@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ uart@0x4000c400 { compatible = "efm32,uart"; reg = <0x4000c400 0x400>; interrupts = <15>; - location = <0>; + efm32,location = <0>; }; diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/efm32-uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/efm32-uart.c index 0eb5b5673ede..028582e924a5 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/efm32-uart.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/efm32-uart.c @@ -671,7 +671,10 @@ static int efm32_uart_probe_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, if (!np) return 1; - ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "location", &location); + ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "efm32,location", &location); + if (ret) + /* fall back to old and (wrongly) generic property "location" */ + ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "location", &location); if (!ret) { if (location > 5) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "invalid location\n"); -- 1.9.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html