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@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ given driver if the chip has the feature.
name The chip name.
This should be a short, lowercase string, not containing
- spaces nor dashes, representing the chip name. This is
- the only mandatory attribute.
+ whitespace, dashes, or the wildcard character '*'.
+ This attribute represents the chip name. It is the only
+ mandatory attribute.
I2C devices get this attribute created automatically.
RO