linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] mfd: db8500 stop passing around platform data

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Date:	Wed, 08 Jun 2016 17:51:58 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] mfd: db8500 stop passing around platform data

On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 1:37:12 PM CEST Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> 
> > Except for the constant DB8500_PRCMU_FW_VERSION_OFFSET number, nothing
> > is ever passed through the platform data and used in a driver, so we
> > can simply stop passing it around.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> 
> Do you think it's relevant for Lee to take this or do you want to
> have it in ARM SoC together with the other cleanups (that I
> haven't had time to look at...)?
> 
> In the latter case I need an ACK from Lee to apply it for a pull
> request to ARM SoC.
> 
> The functionality it pertains to is out-of-tree but if we want to
> reintroduce it, it should happen through DT anyway.

I think most of the changes are in mfd, so it would be appropriate
for Lee to take them all, but I could also put them into arm-soc
if he prefers.

	Arnd