Re: [PATCH] iio: health: max30100: use generic property handler

From: Rohit Sarkar
Date: Sun Mar 15 2020 - 11:27:19 EST


On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 12:50:39PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 08:59:13 +0530
> Rohit Sarkar <rohitsarkar5398@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Instead of of_property_read_xxx use device_property_read_xxx as it is
> > compatible with ACPI too as opposed to only device tree.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rohit Sarkar <rohitsarkar5398@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Look at how this driver is probing from DT. There is another thing you need
> to do to make it possible to use PRP001 ACPI based bindings.
>
> (check what Andy Shevchenko did in a similar patch)
>
> I'm being deliberately vague as useful for you to understand what is going
> on here for yourself :)
>
> Also, make sure to check you have cc'd everyone relevant. Here you are missing
> the driver author. +cc Matt
> Jonathan

Have sent out a v2 with the required correction, although I still dont completely
understand how this ACPI magic works. In the process of going over
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt get a
better picture.

Thanks,
Rohit