linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 2/2] misc: ad525x_dpot: Add support for SPI module device table matching

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Date:	Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:03:10 +0000
From:	"Hennerich, Michael" <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	"greg@...ah.com" <greg@...ah.com>,
	"device-drivers-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org" 
	<device-drivers-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org>,
	Drivers <Drivers@...log.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/2] misc: ad525x_dpot: Add support for SPI module
 device table matching

Arnd Bergmann wrote on 2011-11-22:
> On Friday 18 November 2011, michael.hennerich@...log.com wrote:
>> From: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>
>>
>> Passing device name via platform data, is a leftover from times where
>> SPI module device table matching was not existent.
>>
>> * Add id_table and remove old mechanism.
>> (To my knowledge no intree boards affected)
>> * Miscellaneous other cleanup.
>
> The patch looks good to me, but please don't do "miscelaneous other
> cleanup" in the same patch. I think doing cleanups while you change a
> driver is a good idea, just do the extra step to split those out into a
> cleanup patch and describe what you do, just like you have split out the
> bug fix.
>
>       Arnd

Hi Arnd,

Thanks for reminding me.
Will do in future.

Greetings,
Michael

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