linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: delete raw device pointers in pinmux maps

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Message-ID: <20120201172717.GG17170@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Date:	Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:27:18 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...escale.com>,
	Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@...aro.org>,
	Dong Aisheng <dong.aisheng@...aro.org>,
	Rajendra Nayak <rajendra.nayak@...aro.org>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...vell.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: delete raw device pointers in pinmux maps

On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 06:24:13PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> 
> After discussion with Mark Brown in an unrelated thread about
> ADC lookups, it came to my knowledge that the ability to pass
> a struct device * in the regulator consumers is just a
> historical artifact, and not really recommended. Since there
> are no in-kernel users of these pointers, we just kill them
> right now, before someone starts to use them.

Reviwed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>

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