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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 1/2] regulator: max14577: Add regulator driver for Maxim 14577
    On Wed, 27 Nov 2013, Mark Brown wrote:

    > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 02:46:21PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
    >
    > > + {
    > > + .name = "max14577-regulator",
    > > + .of_compatible = "maxim,max14577-regulator",
    > > + },
    >
    > Why is there a compatible for this at all, would this ever appear as
    > part of a different device?

    For automatic assigning of it's of_node.

    In previous incarnations of this set it was done manually for some reason.

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