On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 03:38:28PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 10:55:07AM +0900, Gyungoh Yoo wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 11:31:58AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > > > > Why is this a good idea - can this driver be used for anything other > > > than a sky81452? > > > Yes. There is a possibility that this driver will be used by similar > > device with SKY81452. > > OK, so tha was slightly the wrong question. What added information is > forcing the user to create a subnode and specify a compatible string > providing? This driver is specifying a block of multiple regulators > with absolute register addresses hard coded into it, there's no real > ability to use the driver in a different configuration here. As soon as > we see the parent device we already know everything there is to know > about the IP block, having a separate compatible string just forces the > user to do more typing for no gain.
Thank you for your comments. By the way, I knew that compatible string is used for binding a driver. http://devicetree.org/Device_Tree_Usage#Understanding_the_compatible_Property And, from kernel 3.6, MFD core has a mechanism for binding of_node to the driver with of_compatible. Can I have a question about if it is possible to assign compatible string for binding driver independently with reusability? Thanks, Gyungoh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
