linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: twl6040-vibra: Update for device tree support

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CAPo=G1zf1XJcoKgCxMn3X09T0LOUG-9aw3iopqC7OPqcuc5hcQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 May 2012 22:55:13 +0300
From:	"Ujfalusi, Peter" <peter.ujfalusi@...com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...com>, Benoit Cousson <b-cousson@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: twl6040-vibra: Update for device tree support

Hi Dmitry,

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
> So in this case why don't you have parent parse all DT data and
> construct instance of pdata for vibra driver to consume?

If there is a need to change the parameters (add new ones for example)
for the vibra driver in this way the change in code only need to be
done in the vibra driver.
If the MFD core would construct the pdata, in this case I would need
to modify both the MFD core and vibra driver.

-- 
Péter
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/