Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Jul 2012 10:45:41 +0100 | From | Mark Brown <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] mfd: Fix runtime warning caused by duplicate device registration |
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On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 08:36:38AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > On 03/07/12 15:21, Mark Brown wrote:
> >This doesn't explain any of the issues, it just says that they exist. > >My best guess would be that at least some of the issue is due to > >instantiating the MFD cells from the device tree but it's hard to say > >clearly.
> I'm guessing Arnd's email answered some of the questions you had. > Let me know of you would like me to explain it in any greater > detail.
No, frankly. It was just a general "why might we put things in DT" answer which (especially given what you say below) isn't related to the issue at all.
> By the way, this patch has nothing to do with registering these > devices when DT is enabled. The code already does that. This is a > bug fix, to stop multiple registration of the ab8500 when DT is > _not_ enabled.
Really? It seems really surprising that adding more DT support to the MFD core would have any bearing on something like this... [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |