linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4 v2] mfd: add STw481x driver

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Message-ID: <20130917080629.GT16984@lee--X1>
Date:	Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:06:29 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	"linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org" <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wang Shilong <wangshilong1991@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4 v2] mfd: add STw481x driver

On Mon, 16 Sep 2013, Mark Brown wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 05:05:37PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > So in the mean time are you happy with this "dummy" approach?
> 
> > > No. "dummy" is reserved for a dummy device in case an i2c slave needs
> > > more than one address. The proper solution would be if
> > > i2c_sysfs_new_device() could recognize the of_device_ids.
> 
> > Okay, thanks for clarifying.
> 
> Or for now to use something like stw481x (even if it's never expected to
> actually make a difference).

If Linus wants to resubmit, I'm happy with that.

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