linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] mfd: tc3589x: reform device tree probing

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:37:37 +0100
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] mfd: tc3589x: reform device tree probing

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Linus Walleij
<linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:

> This changes the following mechanisms in the TC3589x device tree
> probing path:
>
> - Use the .of_match_table in struct device_driver to match the
>   device in the device tree.
> - Add matches for the proper compatible strings "toshiba,..."
>   and all sub-variants, just as is done for the .id matches.
> - Move over all the allocation of platform data etc to the
>   tc3589x_of_probe() function and follow the pattern of passing
>   a platform data pointer back, or an error pointer on error,
>   as found in the STMPE driver.
> - Match the new (proper) compatible strings for the GPIO and
>   keypad MFD cells.
> - Use of_device_is_compatible() rather than just !strcmp()
>   to discover which cells to instantiate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Waiting for this patch to go in as well... I can resend the
entire set of it helps.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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