linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mfd: TPS65910: Improvements

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Date:	Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:24:11 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Afzal Mohammed <afzal@...com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lrg@...com, sameo@...ux.intel.com,
	nsekhar@...com, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mfd: TPS65910: Improvements

On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 06:18:32PM +0530, Afzal Mohammed wrote:
> Two changes,

...should be in two separate commits.

> 2. struct tps65910_platform_data usage can be avoided
>  by making use of struct tps65910_board to simplify
>  driver. Hence remove it

Why is this a simplification?  Note that one of the reasons platform
data is kept separate from any runtime data the device needs is that it
makes the configuration available easier to see and understand.
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