2017-12-21 14:19 GMT+01:00 Javier Martinez Canillas <jav...@dowhile0.org>: > Hello Bartosz, > > Nice patch. > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Bartosz Golaszewski <b...@bgdev.pl> wrote: >> Current description of the compatible property for at24 is quite vague. >> >> Specify an exact list of accepted compatibles and document the - now >> deprecated - strings which were previously used in device tree files. >> >> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <b...@bgdev.pl> >> --- >> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt | 50 >> +++++++++++++---------- >> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt >> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt >> index cbc80e194ac6..6ccbd000bfa4 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/eeprom/at24.txt >> @@ -2,28 +2,34 @@ EEPROMs (I2C) >> >> Required properties: >> >> - - compatible : should be "<manufacturer>,<type>", like these: >> - >> - "atmel,24c00", "atmel,24c01", "atmel,24c02", "atmel,24c04", >> - "atmel,24c08", "atmel,24c16", "atmel,24c32", "atmel,24c64", >> - "atmel,24c128", "atmel,24c256", "atmel,24c512", "atmel,24c1024" >> - >> - "catalyst,24c32" >> - >> - "microchip,24c128" >> - >> - "ramtron,24c64" >> - >> - "renesas,r1ex24002" >> - >> - The following manufacturers values have been deprecated: >> - "at", "at24" >> - >> - If there is no specific driver for <manufacturer>, a generic >> - device with <type> and manufacturer "atmel" should be used. >> - Possible types are: >> - "24c00", "24c01", "24c02", "24c04", "24c08", "24c16", "24c32", >> "24c64", >> - "24c128", "24c256", "24c512", "24c1024", "spd" >> + - compatible: must be one of the following: >> + >> + "atmel,24c00", >> + "atmel,24c01", >> + "atmel,24c02", >> + "atmel,24c04", >> + "atmel,24c08", >> + "atmel,24c16", >> + "atmel,24c32", >> + "atmel,24c64", >> + "atmel,24c128", >> + "atmel,24c256", >> + "atmel,24c512", >> + "atmel,24c1024" >> + >> + NOTE: old compatible strings, such as: >> + >> + "catalyst,24c32", >> + "microchip,24c128", >> + "ramtron,24c64", >> + "renesas,r1ex24002", >> + "at,24c08", >> + "at24,24c08" >> + >> + will still work, but are now deprecated. >> + >> + Also: matching by device type alone - while still supported due to >> + implementation details in I2C core - is deprecated as well. >> > > I don't think that's correct to mention Linux specific implementation > details in a Device Tree binding. It's supposed to be OS independent > and in theory the same DT binding could be used in other OS / > bootloaders. > > With that last paragraph removed, feel free to add: > > Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javi...@redhat.com> > >> - reg : the I2C address of the EEPROM >> > > Best regards, > Javier
How about I just add the no-vendor string examples to the list of deprecated compatibles above? Best regards, Bartosz
