linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 08/14] mfd: max77686/802: Remove support for board files

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Date:	Tue, 04 Nov 2014 08:51:50 +0100
From:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
To:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>,
	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 08/14] mfd: max77686/802: Remove support for board files

On pon, 2014-11-03 at 17:01 +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2014, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> 
> > The driver is used only on Exynos based boards with DTS support.
> > Convert the driver to DTS-only version. This simplifies a little the
> > code:
> > 1. No dead (unused) entries in platform_data structure.
> > 2. More code removed.
> > 3. Regulator driver does not depend on allocated memory
> >    from MFD driver.
> > 4. It makes also easier extending the regulator driver.
> > 
> > Add to the max77686 MFD driver dependency on CONFIG_OF because without
> > DTS the regulator drivers won't bind.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mfd/Kconfig                  |  1 +
> >  drivers/mfd/max77686.c               | 23 -----------------------
> >  include/linux/mfd/max77686-private.h |  1 -
> >  include/linux/mfd/max77686.h         | 28 ----------------------------
> >  4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 52 deletions(-)
> 
> Applied, thanks.


Noooo, don't apply it. It depends on previous patches removing the board
file support from regulators.

If the patch looks OK, please only ack it. I would like to push
everything through regulator tree.

Best regards,
Krzysztof


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