On 2/25/26 3:43 PM, Erikas Bitovtas wrote: > This device uses Capella CM36686 as its ambient light and proximity > sensor. It is fully compatible with Vishay VCNL4040. Downstream device > tree reports Capella CM36283, but upon probe, a device ID for CM36686 is > actually found. This commit adds support for Capella CM36686 ambient > light and proximity sensor. > > Signed-off-by: Erikas Bitovtas <[email protected]> > --- > arm64: dts: qcom: msm8939-asus-z00t: add ambient light and proximity > sensor > > This device uses Capella CM36686 as its ambient light and proximity > sensor. Downstream device tree uses the compatible of CM36283, but upon > probe, we can see that a device ID of CM36686 is actually read. Possibly > a driver for CM36283 was adapted to be used on CM36686. > This patch enables Capella CM36686 ambient light and proximity sensor on > Asus ZenFone 2 Laser/Selfie.
Downstream using vaguely-related compatibles is ""standard practice"", many vendor drivers don't really care about semantic correctness, as you were able to find out via the chip ID register Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <[email protected]> Konrad
