linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: Added new regulator_data pointer to ab8500 board configuration

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Date:	Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:30:38 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Bengt Jonsson <bengt.g.jonsson@...ricsson.com>
Cc:	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: Added new regulator_data pointer to ab8500
 board configuration

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 07:25:52PM +0100, Bengt Jonsson wrote:

> The ab8500 regulator board configuration will be better separated
> from the MFD board configuration. This patch adds a void pointer
> for this purpose.

Adding something completely typesafe seems like a real loss - if you
want to point to something else at least point to a particular type -
eg, 

struct foo;

struct pdata {
	int other_stuff;
	struct foo *foo;
};

>  	struct regulator_init_data *regulator[AB8500_NUM_REGULATORS];
> +	void *regulator_data;

It'd also help if you could articulate the problem you see with the
current approach...
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