linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] mfd: add imx syscon driver based on regmap

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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:43:00 +0800
From:	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>
To:	Dong Aisheng <b29396@...escale.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linus.walleij@...ricsson.com, s.hauer@...gutronix.de,
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	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, swarren@...dotorg.org,
	paul.liu@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] mfd: add imx syscon driver based on regmap

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 03:18:42PM +0800, Dong Aisheng wrote:
> From: Dong Aisheng <dong.aisheng@...aro.org>
> 
> Add regmap based imx syscon driver.
> This is usually used for access misc bits in registers which does not belong
> to a specific module, for example, IOMUXC GPR and ANATOP.
> With this driver, we provide a standard API for client driver to call to
> access registers which are registered into syscon.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dong Aisheng <dong.aisheng@...aro.org>
> ---
> Currently it's just simply for IMX, however the driver really is not too
> much imx specific.
> If people want, we probably could extend it to support other platforms too.

Right.  I do not see anything IMX specific there.  We should probably
at least give the driver a generic name from day one.

-- 
Regards,
Shawn
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