Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Dec 2017 11:27:38 +0000 | From | Jonathan Cameron <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] iio: accel: bmc150: Check for a second ACPI device for BOSC0200 |
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On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 11:58:19 +0200 Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 02, 2017 at 12:19:27PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 22:31:12 +0000 > > Jeremy Cline <jeremy@jcline.org> wrote: > > > > > Some BOSC0200 acpi_device-s describe two accelerometers in a single ACPI > > > device. Check for a companion device and handle a second i2c_client > > > if it is present. > > > > + Mika and Wolfram - please cc them on anything odd and i2c / ACPI related. > > (I like to share the pain) > > > > My usual question, just out of curiosity as we have to cope with this > > fun anyway. Are you actually allowed to do this under the ACPI spec > > or not? I would assume an acpi device is supposed to be just that A > > device... I fall asleep every time I try to read that spec ;) > > Yes, it is allowed. Typically you have an ACPI device and it can have > multiple I2cSerialBus() connections. > > Linux ACPI/I2C core then picks the first one and creates i2c_client from > that but the additional connections need to be created by the driver in > question.
Why does it not make sense to just create them all from the ACPI/I2C core?
> > BTW, there is a function i2c_new_secondary_device() that is supposed to > be used for this but it does not have ACPI support yet (maybe it is good > time to add it now, with this patch series?) > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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