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Message-ID: <20111003102846.GA23811@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:28:47 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...top.org>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>, sameo@...ux.intel.com,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dilinger@...ued.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: allow mfd_cell association with device tree
 node

On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 09:40:10AM +0100, Daniel Drake wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Mark Brown
> > Right, but your modification was to the MFD core so it's going to affect
> > other devices...

> But only when they start using the newly added functionality. At this
> point, it affects nobody except vx855.

I'd really expect that if we're adding stuff to the framework then it
should be suitable for random drivers to use.  To be honest I don't
really understand why you're changing the framework at all here, the
child driver is entirely specific to the parent as far as I can see.
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