Re: [PATCH 1/4 v2] mfd: add STw481x driver

From: Lee Jones
Date: Tue Sep 17 2013 - 04:06:45 EST


On Mon, 16 Sep 2013, Mark Brown wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 05:05:37PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > So in the mean time are you happy with this "dummy" approach?
>
> > > No. "dummy" is reserved for a dummy device in case an i2c slave needs
> > > more than one address. The proper solution would be if
> > > i2c_sysfs_new_device() could recognize the of_device_ids.
>
> > Okay, thanks for clarifying.
>
> Or for now to use something like stw481x (even if it's never expected to
> actually make a difference).

If Linus wants to resubmit, I'm happy with that.

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