linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/19] timberdale: mfd_cell is now implicitly available to drivers

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Message-ID: <20110406155805.GA20095@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 6 Apr 2011 08:58:05 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	khali@...ux-fr.org, ben-linux@...ff.org,
	Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@...site.dk>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	David Brownell <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, spi-devel-general@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Mocean Laboratories <info@...ean-labs.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/19] timberdale: mfd_cell is now implicitly available
 to drivers

On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 05:23:23PM +0200, Samuel Ortiz wrote:
> --- a/include/linux/device.h
> +++ b/include/linux/device.h
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct class;
>  struct subsys_private;
>  struct bus_type;
>  struct device_node;
> +struct mfd_cell;
>  
>  struct bus_attribute {
>  	struct attribute	attr;
> @@ -444,6 +445,8 @@ struct device {
>  	struct device_node	*of_node; /* associated device tree node */
>  	const struct of_device_id *of_match; /* matching of_device_id from driver */
>  
> +	struct mfd_cell	*mfd_cell; /* MFD cell pointer */
> +

What is a "MFD cell pointer" and why is it needed in struct device?

thanks,

greg k-h
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