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authorMartin Kelly <martin@martingkelly.com>2018-10-25 19:38:09 -0700
committerJonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>2018-11-11 15:29:42 +0000
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iio: magnetometer: add clarifying comment
Add a comment clarifying better when to use <device_name> vs <device_name>-magn in compatibility strings. Signed-off-by: Martin Kelly <martin@martingkelly.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
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-rw-r--r--drivers/iio/magnetometer/st_magn_spi.c2
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diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/st_magn_spi.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/st_magn_spi.c
index 7b7cd08fcc32..15bb09267098 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/st_magn_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/st_magn_spi.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
* For new single-chip sensors use <device_name> as compatible string.
* For old single-chip devices keep <device_name>-magn to maintain
* compatibility
+ * For multi-chip devices, use <device_name>-magn to distinguish which
+ * capability is being used
*/
static const struct of_device_id st_magn_of_match[] = {
{