linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] mfd: simple-mfd-i2c: Add support for registering devices via MFD cells

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Date:   Thu, 05 Aug 2021 12:01:15 +0200
From:   Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Alistair Francis <alistair23@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] mfd: simple-mfd-i2c: Add support for registering
 devices via MFD cells

Am 2021-08-05 10:56, schrieb Lee Jones:
> More devices are cropping up requiring only Regmap initialisation and
> child registration functionality.  We currently only support that if
> all required devices are represented by their own Device Tree nodes
> complete with compatible strings.
> 
> However, not everyone is happy with adding empty nodes that provide no
> additional device information into the Device Tree.
> 
> Rather than have a plethora of mostly empty, function-less drivers in
> MFD, we'll support those simple cases in here instead via MFD cells.
> 
> Cc: Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> Cc: Alistair Francis <alistair23@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>

Tested-by: Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>

-michael