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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:39:54 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Belisko Marek <marek.belisko@...il.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: twl4030-madc-hwmon: Add device tree support.
On 02/14/2014 06:08 AM, Belisko Marek wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 01:20:58PM +0000, Marek Belisko wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko <marek@...delico.com>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/twl4030-madc-hwmon.txt | 9 +++++++++
>>> drivers/hwmon/twl4030-madc-hwmon.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>> 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/twl4030-madc-hwmon.txt
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/twl4030-madc-hwmon.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/twl4030-madc-hwmon.txt
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..e8016d1
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/twl4030-madc-hwmon.txt
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
>>> +TWL4030 MADC hwmon.
>>> +
>>> +Required properties:
>>> +- compatible: "ti,twl4030-madc-hwmon"
>>> +
>>> +Example:
>>> +madc-hwmon {
>>> + compatible = "ti,twl4030-madc-hwmon";
>>> +};
>>
>> Huh?
>>
>> What is this a binding for? From a look at the driver in mainline this
>> just calls into functions from the twl4030 madc driver (which doesn't
>> seem to have a binding).
> I post bindings for twl4030-madc [1]. Without probing this driver
> other things will not work (twl4030-madc-battery e.g.).
> Is there better way to handle this situation?
Since you are converting twl4030-madc to be an iio driver,
can't you simply use the iio_hwmon bridge and declare this driver
obsolete ?
Guenter
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