linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] spi: pxa2xx: Kill pxa2xx_set_spi

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Message-ID: <ZenwiedQygeiiCZO@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 18:51:21 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] spi: pxa2xx: Kill pxa2xx_set_spi_info()

On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 05:47:56PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2024, at 17:42, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 05:30:10PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >> On Thu, Mar 7, 2024, at 17:07, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >> >  	spi_register_board_info(ARRAY_AND_SIZE(spitz_spi_devices));
> >> 
> >> I think the normal interface these days would be
> >> platform_device_register_data(), which does it all in one step.
> >
> > I'm not sure how is this related to the SPI board info registration.
> 
> It's not. What I meant is that you could use
> platform_device_register_data() instead of the
> "platform_device_alloc(); platform_data = info; platform_device_add();"
> sequence.

Ah, thank you for elaboration.

> It should be a safe conversion, but it's also fine to stay
> with the existing version if you are worried about regressions.

Yeah, I prefer not to change it here (as it out of scope of my little
cleanup series).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko