linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 5/5] mfd: max77541: Add ADI MAX77541/MAX77540 PMIC Support

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Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:56:36 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     "Sahin, Okan" <Okan.Sahin@...log.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Cosmin Tanislav <demonsingur@...il.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Caleb Connolly <caleb.connolly@...aro.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 5/5]  mfd: max77541: Add ADI MAX77541/MAX77540 PMIC
 Support

On Wed, 29 Mar 2023, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 03:36:15PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Mar 2023, Sahin, Okan wrote:
> > > >On Wed, 15 Mar 2023, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > >> On Tue, 07 Mar 2023, Okan Sahin wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > +static const struct i2c_device_id max77541_i2c_id[] = {
> > > +	{ "max77540", (kernel_ulong_t)&chip[MAX77540] },
> > > +	{ "max77541", (kernel_ulong_t)&chip[MAX77541] },
> >
> > Just 'MAX77540' is fine.
>
> I tend to disagree.
>
> There is an error prone approach esp. when we talk with some functions
> that unifies OF/ACPI driver data retrieval with legacy ID tables.
> In such a case the 0 from enum is hard to distinguish from NULL when
> the driver data is not set or not found. On top of that the simple integer
> in the legacy driver data will require additional code to be added in
> the ->probe().

Use a !0 enum?

The extra handling is expected and normal.

--
Lee Jones [李琼斯]