Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753273Ab2HRTCI (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:02:08 -0400 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:50268 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752153Ab2HRTCG (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:02:06 -0400 Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:01:52 +0200 From: Wolfram Sang To: Thierry Reding Cc: Jean Delvare , Ben Dooks , Daniel Kurtz , linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c-i801: Add device tree support Message-ID: <20120818190152.GE19802@pengutronix.de> References: <1344409609-1904-1-git-send-email-thierry.reding@avionic-design.de> <20120818094846.GA24812@pengutronix.de> <20120818111745.GA15702@avionic-0098.mockup.avionic-design.de> <20120818121628.GB12839@pengutronix.de> <20120818123527.GA28701@avionic-0098.adnet.avionic-design.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="orO6xySwJI16pVnm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120818123527.GA28701@avionic-0098.adnet.avionic-design.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:6f8:1178:2:21e:67ff:fe11:9c5c X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: wsa@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PTX-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1605 Lines: 49 --orO6xySwJI16pVnm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I thought to recall that busses which can be probed at runtime should > > not have nodes but should be probed. Maybe that was wrong. Can you point > > me to a dts-file with an example? >=20 > That approach doesn't work for I2C controllers, though because you > couldn't attach an slaves to them. The same goes for SPI controllers or > any other dumb busses that can't be probed. I understand the problem. I was wondering how it has been solved. Thanks for the pointer, I got the idea now. > arch/x86/platform/ce4100/falconfalls.dts is an example for an X86 > platform where PCI devices have associated device tree nodes. Do you intend to send a dts file mainline which needs the patch you sent? Regards, Wolfram --=20 Pengutronix e.K. | Wolfram Sang | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | --orO6xySwJI16pVnm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlAv5qAACgkQD27XaX1/VRsBCgCgnMfKEoOhgv4MIwrZwaDet8Yn dNgAoJnrGR/qWQYZ1tVDv5kkc9jFHVcQ =KhcD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --orO6xySwJI16pVnm-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/