linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] regulator: tps65910: use self device for regulator registration

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Date:	Sat, 19 May 2012 19:01:51 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
Cc:	lrg@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] regulator: tps65910:  use self device for regulator
 registration

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 08:04:08PM +0530, Laxman Dewangan wrote:

> Use self device for regulator registration instead of parent
> device.

What's the motivation behind this change?  I'd expect the MFD device
(which is the actual physical device) to make things like dev_ prints
have an actual physical device which seems a bit more user friendly.  
Making this change will also mean that things like regulator to
regulator supplies are less obvious on non-DT systems as they'll wind up
having to specify the subdevice, and on DT systems it'll change the
binding from being for the parent device to the subdevice.

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