Hi Ahmad,
On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 01:37:49PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Hello Alvin,
>
> On 22.12.23 03:12, Alvin Šipraga wrote:
> > From: Alvin Šipraga <alsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Allow the mux driver to match against device tree compatible strings.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alvin Šipraga <alsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c
> > index 6c21b92860f0..fef95fa57eb7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c
> > +++ b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pca954x.c
> > @@ -255,9 +255,23 @@ static int pca954x_probe(struct device *dev)
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > +static const struct of_device_id pca954x_dt_ids[] = {
> > + { .compatible = "nxp,pca9540", .data = (const void *)pca_9540 },
> > + { .compatible = "nxp,pca9542", .data = (const void *)pca_9542 },
> > + { .compatible = "nxp,pca9543", .data = (const void *)pca_9543 },
> > + { .compatible = "nxp,pca9544", .data = (const void *)pca_9544 },
> > + { .compatible = "nxp,pca9545", .data = (const void *)pca_9545 },
> > + { .compatible = "nxp,pca9546", .data = (const void *)pca_9546 },
> > + { .compatible = "nxp,pca9547", .data = (const void *)pca_9547 },
> > + { .compatible = "nxp,pca9548", .data = (const void *)pca_9548 },
>
> Could you elaborate why this is necessary? Matches on the I2C bus are
> found by device_match_of_modalias(), which will take care to remove
> the vendor string and then compare pca954x::id_table, which lists the
> same devices that are added here.
No, you are right, there is no point to this patch - it can be ignored.
But thank you - I was unaware of the behaviour you are pointing out!
Kind regards,
Alvin
