linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] char/misc patches for 3.10-rc1

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Date:	Fri, 3 May 2013 09:06:32 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	David Brown <davidb@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>,
	Richard Kuo <rkuo@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] char/misc patches for 3.10-rc1

On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 01:53:03PM -0700, David Brown wrote:
> Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> writes:

> > Well, this device should have a bunch of function drivers hanging off it
> > shouldn't it?  That's pretty much the definition of a MFD.

> Perhaps it's better to think of it as the library that other mfd devices
> use to talk to their device.  ssbi is not itself an MFD device, it is
> part of the other drivers.

Yes, quite.

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