linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] spi: Add driver for the CPLD chip on Mikrotik RB4xx boards

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Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:45:34 +0200
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:	Bert Vermeulen <bert@...t.com>, Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] spi: Add driver for the CPLD chip on Mikrotik RB4xx boards

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 01:16:33PM +0100, Bert Vermeulen wrote:
>> The CPLD is connected to the NAND flash chip and five LEDs. Access to
>> those devices goes via this driver.
>
> None of this driver looks like a SPI controller - this appears to be a
> MFD so should have a core in drivers/mfd with function drivers for the
> individual features in the relevant subsystem directories.

I can add that even in this case better to use devm_* API, remove
unneded lines an so on. Seems like driver really far from modern
kernel API (2010 was written and mostly wasn't changed?).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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