linux-kernel - Re: using the same regmap by multiple device drivers

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Message-ID: <20160629183159.GO6247@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:31:59 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Vitaly Andrianov <vitalya@...com>
Cc:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: using the same regmap by multiple device drivers

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 01:19:37PM -0400, Vitaly Andrianov wrote:

> Here is my question. Is that actually possible to use in regmap framework
> the same registers in multiple different drivers?

Of course, this is how the vast majority of MFDs work.  The regmap has
no idea what's calling it, it can't tell if a call comes from one driver
or another.

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