Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd-core: Don't register supplies from add_device, add register_supply_aliases()

[Lee Jones]

> > We cannot register supply alias in mfd_add_device before calling
> > platform_add_device, for 2 reasons:
> > 1) devm resources may not be registered before the (platform) drivers probe
> >    method runs
> > 2) The platform-dev's name must be set before registering the aliases which
> >    happens from platform_add_device.
> > 
> > So stop registering supply aliases from mfd_add_device, and add a
> > mfd_register_supply_aliases helper functions for the cell's plaform driver
> > probe method to use.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c   | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> >  include/linux/mfd/core.h |  6 +++++-
> >  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> Change looks reasonable to me, but I'd like to have Mark look over the
> changes.  If he's okay with them I think it's best for this set to go
> through the MFD tree as a whole.

For my own benefit, rather than a go-ahead for Mark to apply them: ;)

  Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>

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