Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] regulator: max14577: Add regulator driver for Maxim 14577 | From | Krzysztof Kozlowski <> | Date | Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:12:35 +0100 |
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Hi Mark,
On Wed, 2013-11-27 at 16:28 +0000, Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 04:13:23PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2013, Mark Brown wrote: > > > > The usual thing to do is of_get_child_by_name() on the parent to get the > > > container to search in. > > > What do you mean when you say 'usual thing'? Only the max8998 does > > this currently. IMHO the better way to do it for MFD devices is > > provide a compatible string and let the framework does the rest for > > you. > > No, as3722, Palmas and three of the TPS chips do the same thing. If it > were a purely Linux-internal thing I'd probably agree with you but as it > is we'd just be adding compatible strings in everyone's DTs to save one > line of code in the kernel.
Lee applied the MFD part of max14577, including the "of_compatible" of max14577-regulator.
Do you wish me to change the patch to previous version using of_get_child_by_name()?
Best regards, Krzysztof
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