linux-kernel - Re: [RFC internal PATCH] mfd/mc13xxx: drop modifying driver's id

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Message-ID: <20120716134151.GH20652@sortiz-mobl>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:41:51 +0200
From:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	kernel@...gutronix.de,
	Philippe Rétornaz <philippe.retornaz@...l.ch>,
	Marc Reilly <marc@...esign.com.au>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC internal PATCH] mfd/mc13xxx: drop modifying driver's
 id_table in probe

Hi Uwe,

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 01:36:48PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> This was introduced in commit
> 
> 	876989d (mfd: Add device tree probe support for mc13xxx)
> 
> for spi and later while introducing support for i2c copied to the i2c
> driver.
> 
> Modifying driver details is very strange, for example probing an
> mc13892 device (instantiated via dt) removes the driver's ability to
> handle (traditionally probed) mc13783 devices in this case.
> I'm not aware of any problems that make this hack necessary and if
> there were some, they'd have to be fixed in the spi/i2c core, not in
> a driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> ---
> Hello Samuel,
> 
> even though this qualifies as fix, I don't think it's necessary to annoy
> Linus with it for 3.5. Usually there is only one pmic on each machine so
> it's not grave when probing one device disables support for another.
I agree, and I'm pushing this one for the next merge window.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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