Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:06:47 +0000 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] of/pdt: allow DT device matching by fixing 'name' brokenness | From | Daniel Drake <> |
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On 23 February 2011 19:54, Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net> wrote: >> Wait; why are you binding to a device based on name? Binding by name >> and/or device_type is strongly discouraged for new code. Use >> compatible instead. >> > > Daniel posted a separate patch showing his code, would you mind > commenting on that? I noticed he didn't cc you though, here's the > patch: > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/574901/
It does bind to the name. We don't currently have a compatible property for the battery device. We could fix that with a firmware upgrade, but it would break compatibility with all existing installs. I guess this is still the recommended approach...
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