linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] MFD: AB8500 debugfs

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Message-ID: <20100913132618.GB2555@sortiz-mobl>
Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:26:19 +0200
From:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Mattias Wallin <mattias.wallin@...ricsson.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com,
	elinwal <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] MFD: AB8500 debugfs

Hi Mattias,

I have some addtional comments:

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:33:02AM +0200, Mattias Wallin wrote:
> +static struct platform_driver ab8500_debug_driver = {
> +       .driver = {
> +               .name = "ab8500-debug",
> +               .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> +       },
> +       .probe  = ab8500_debug_probe,
> +       .remove = __devexit_p(ab8500_debug_remove)
> +};
> +
> +static int __init ab8500_debug_init(void)
> +{
> +       return platform_driver_register(&ab8500_debug_driver);
> +}
> +
> +static void __exit ab8500_debug_exit(void)
> +{
> +       platform_driver_unregister(&ab8500_debug_driver);
> +}
It seems a bit awkward to me to have this code as an actual platform driver.
Why not defining ab8500_debug_[probe|remove] in ab8500.h as no-op when
CONFIG_AB8500_DEBUG is not defined and as extern otherwise ?

Cheers,
Samuel.

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