linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 47/57] drivers: mfd: Use driver_find_device_by

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 12:42:03 +0100
From:   Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
To:     arnd@...db.de
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        rafael@...nel.org, lee.jones@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 47/57] drivers: mfd: Use driver_find_device_by_name
 helper

Hi Arnd,

On 04/06/2019 10:45, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 5:52 PM Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com> wrote:
>>
>> Use the new driver_find_device_by_name() helper.
>>
>> Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
> 
> I see that there are currently no callers of this function, and I never
> liked the interface anyway, so how about just removing
> syscon_regmap_lookup_by_pdevname instead?

If that works for you, sure. I can send in a patch separately
and hopefully I can remove this patch depending when the said
change lands.

Cheers
Suzuki