linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/17] mc13xxx: mfd_cell is now implicitly available to drivers

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Message-ID: <20110218083928.GU22310@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:39:28 +0100
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>
Cc:	Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	Sascha Hauer <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/17] mc13xxx: mfd_cell is now implicitly available to
 drivers

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 09:00:36AM -0800, Andres Salomon wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:41:54 +0100
> Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 06:19:21PM -0800, Andres Salomon wrote:
> > > 
> > > The cell's platform_data is now accessed with a helper function;
> > > change clients to use that, and remove the now-unused data_size.
> > > 
> > > Note that mfd-core no longer makes a copy of platform_data, but the
> > why was this changed and where?  I'm not able to find your complete
> > series via gmane.
> 
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1099164
I still don't get the motivation of your patch set.  For drivers that
don't need the mfd_cells you introduce another level of indirection.
And drivers that want to use mfd_cells as platform_data, they can
already now.

Best regards
Uwe

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