On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 05:36:05PM +0800, Wei Ni wrote:
> On 07/08/2013 03:50 PM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > On Mon, 8 Jul 2013 15:35:48 +0800, Wei Ni wrote:
> >> On 07/06/2013 01:38 AM, Stephen Warren wrote:
> >>> On 07/04/2013 03:09 AM, Wei Ni wrote:
> >>>> Enable thermal sensor lm90 for t30 cardhu.
> >>>
> >>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra30-cardhu.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra30-cardhu.dtsi
> >>>
> >>>> + nct1008: nct1008 {
> >>>> + compatible = "lm90,nct1008";
> >>>
> >>> "lm90" isn't a valid vendor prefix. I believe the value you want is
> >>> "onnn,nct1008". Same comment for patch 2/2.
> >>
> >> The lm90 doesn't support device tree very well.
> >
> > I doubt it, but if this is the case, then please fix it, instead of
> > working the problem around in a different place.
> >
> >> In the DT, we need to
> >> named as "lm90" so that the lm90 driver can be loaded,
> >
> > Not that I am an expert with regards to DT, but this doesn't make any
> > sense to me. AFAIK DT is about devices, not which drivers handle them.
> >
> >> and we also need
> >> to add "nct1008" to indicate this is the nct1008 device, so that the
> >> lm90 driver can be loaded with the right i2c_device_id->driver_data.
> >>
> >> I set the " compatible = "lm90,nct1008" ", this is the simplest way, and
> >> we doesn't need to change the lm90.c.
> >
> > There's no problem with changing the lm90 driver, if this is the right
> > thing to do.
>
> Ok, I will add DT support in the lm90.c in my next version patch.
>
Only if you can show that it is necessary.
Guenter
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