linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFT v2 02/17] ARM: davinci: da8xx: Add CFGCHIP syscon platform declaration.

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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:40:59 +0530
From:   Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>
To:     <ahaslam@...libre.com>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <johan@...nel.org>, <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        <stern@...land.harvard.edu>, <khilman@...libre.com>,
        <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>, <david@...hnology.com>,
        <manjunath.goudar@...aro.org>, <broonie@...nel.org>,
        <abailon@...libre.com>
CC:     <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFT v2 02/17] ARM: davinci: da8xx: Add CFGCHIP syscon
 platform declaration.

On Monday 24 October 2016 10:16 PM, ahaslam@...libre.com wrote:
> From: David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
> 
> The CFGCHIP registers are used by a number of devices, so using a syscon
> device to share them. The first consumer of this will by the phy-da8xx-usb
> driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
> [Axel: minor fix: change id to -1]

Can you please clarify this change? There could be other syscon devices
on the chip for other common registers. Why use the singular device-id?

> Signed-off-by: Axel Haslam <ahaslam@...libre.com>

Thanks,
Sekhar