To someone with little device-tree experience these details aren't at all obvious. Make the fact that the manufacturer prefix is dropped explicit.
Signed-off-by: Ben Gamari <[email protected]> --- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/trivial-devices.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/trivial-devices.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/trivial-devices.txt index c475c3a..59bbb07 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/trivial-devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/trivial-devices.txt @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ This is a list of trivial i2c devices that have simple device tree bindings, consisting only of a compatible field, an address and -possibly an interrupt line. +possibly an interrupt line. The compatible field is used by lookup +the modalias for the driver which will handle the device. A +manufacturer prefix (separated by a comma) will be stripped off during +this lookup. If a device needs more specific bindings, such as properties to describe some aspect of it, there needs to be a specific binding -- 1.8.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
