linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/4] MFD: Remove unnecessary fields if mfd

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jul 2008 15:09:12 +0400
From:	Dmitry <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
To:	"Ben Dooks" <ben-linux@...ff.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk, sameo@...nedhand.com
Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] MFD: Remove unnecessary fields if mfd_cell structure.

2008/7/9 Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>:
> The enable,disable,suspend and resume entry in the struct mfd_cell
> do not seem to be necessary as they should be handled by the
> platform driver that the device created has bound to.

NAK. It's used e.g. by the tmio-nand driver. These fields provide easy
way to support
enhanced power management, etc.

>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>
>
> Index: linux-2.6.26-rc9-next20080709/include/linux/mfd/core.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.26-rc9-next20080709.orig/include/linux/mfd/core.h 2008-07-09 10:44:45.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.26-rc9-next20080709/include/linux/mfd/core.h      2008-07-09 10:45:06.000000000 +0100
> @@ -23,12 +26,6 @@
>  */
>  struct mfd_cell {
>        const char              *name;
> -
> -       int                     (*enable)(struct platform_device *dev);
> -       int                     (*disable)(struct platform_device *dev);
> -       int                     (*suspend)(struct platform_device *dev);
> -       int                     (*resume)(struct platform_device *dev);
> -
>        void                    *driver_data; /* driver-specific data */
>
>        /*
>
> --
>



-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry
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