Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] i2c-core: dt: Pick i2c bus number from i2c aliasif present

From: Olof Johansson
Date: Tue Jan 15 2013 - 01:34:12 EST


On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:53:21AM -0800, Doug Anderson wrote:
> This allows you to get the equivalent functionality of
> i2c_add_numbered_adapter() with all data in the device tree and no
> special case code in your driver. This is a common device tree
> technique.
>
> For quick reference, the FDT syntax for using an alias to provide an
> ID looks like:
> aliases {
> i2c0 = &i2c_0;
> i2c1 = &i2c_1;
> };
>
> Signed-off-by: Doug Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@xxxxxxxxx>

The call path for i2c_add_numbered_adapter() with nr == -1 is a little
awkward now, but I don't see much how it can be improved much.

Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx>


-Olof
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