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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] x86: dts: ce4100: Use defined compatible string for PCF8575 chip
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 04:51:20PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> The binding definition for the PCF857x GPIO expanders doesn't mention
> a "ti,pcf8575" compatible string. This is apparently because TI is
> only a second source - there is no functional difference between
> PCF8575 chips manufactured by TI and NXP, and the same board might be
> populated with either depending on availability.
>
> This is not a problem in practice because the I2C core uses
> of_modalias_node() before matching drivers and this strips the
> manufacturer name.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk>
> ---
> v2: Correct the claim that this is a practical problem.
>
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-pxa-pci-ce4100.txt | 4 ++--
> arch/x86/platform/ce4100/falconfalls.dts | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>

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