Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c-ibm_iic: Enable driver for all PPC4xx variants in arch/powerpc

From: Stefan Roese <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 06:48:24 +0200

Hi Jean,

On Sunday 08 June 2008, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > This patch enables the IBM I2C driver for all PPC4xx variants by adding
> > "ibm,iic" to the compatible list. This way all currently available
> > arch/powerpc 4xx ports can make use of this driver without any changes.
> > Additionally all "other" compatible entries are removed since they are
> > not needed anymore.
> >
> > Currently all 4xx PPC's have the same compatible I2C macro. If at some
> > time an incompatibility is detected we can take care of this with an
> > additional property.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <[email-masked]>
> > ---
> >  drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c |    6 +-----
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c
> > b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c index 3a364a7..ed73801 100644
> > --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c
> > +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ibm_iic.c
> > @@ -807,11 +807,7 @@ static int __devexit iic_remove(struct of_device
> > *ofdev) }
> >
> >  static const struct of_device_id ibm_iic_match[] = {
> > -	{ .compatible = "ibm,iic-405ex", },
> > -	{ .compatible = "ibm,iic-405gp", },
> > -	{ .compatible = "ibm,iic-440gp", },
> > -	{ .compatible = "ibm,iic-440gpx", },
> > -	{ .compatible = "ibm,iic-440grx", },
> > +	{ .compatible = "ibm,iic", },
> >  	{}
> >  };
>
> OK, I can take this in my tree, unless it depends on arch-specific
> patches which have not hit mainline yet.

No, this doesn't depend on other pathes.

> I guess this is 2.6.27 
> material?

Yes. No real hurry here.

Thanks.

Best regards,
Stefan