linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] mfd: axp20x: probe axp20x

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Message-ID: <41fcadb9-4fa9-65e8-5ef3-5844bcba1b1d@free-electrons.com>
Date:   Thu, 7 Dec 2017 10:03:49 +0100
From:   Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Cc:     Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        "open list:THERMAL" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@...c.io>,
        linux-sunxi <linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] mfd: axp20x: probe axp20x_adc driver for AXP813

Hi Chen-Yu,

On 07/12/2017 09:54, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Quentin Schulz
> <quentin.schulz@...e-electrons.com> wrote:
>> Hi Maxime,
>>
>> On 05/12/2017 09:08, Maxime Ripard wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 03:12:49PM +0100, Quentin Schulz wrote:
>>>> This makes the axp20x_adc driver probe with platform device id
>>>> "axp813-adc".
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...e-electrons.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/mfd/axp20x.c | 4 +++-
>>>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/axp20x.c b/drivers/mfd/axp20x.c
>>>> index 2468b43..42e54d1 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/mfd/axp20x.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/mfd/axp20x.c
>>>> @@ -878,7 +878,9 @@ static struct mfd_cell axp813_cells[] = {
>>>>              .resources              = axp803_pek_resources,
>>>>      }, {
>>>>              .name                   = "axp20x-regulator",
>>>> -    }
>>>> +    }, {
>>>> +            .name                   = "axp813-adc",
>>>> +    },
>>>
>>> Any particular reason you're not adding it to the DT?
>>>
>>
>> No, no particular reason. It's just the way it is currently for AXP209
>> and AXP22x so did the same for AXP813.
>>
>> I'll add DT "support" in next version for all AXPs supported by this
>> driver. Or is it worthy of a small separate patch series?
> 
> IIRC there's no DT support because there's no need to reference
> it in the device tree.
> 

No current need but that does not mean there won't be a need later for
drivers to map IIO channels from the ADC driver (i.e. some components
wired to GPIOs of the PMIC for example).

Quentin
-- 
Quentin Schulz, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com