Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] Simplify MFD Core

From: Lee Jones
Date: Mon Oct 21 2019 - 07:40:04 EST


On Mon, 21 Oct 2019, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 12:58 PM Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > MFD currently has one over-complicated user. CS5535 uses a mixture of
> > cell cloning, reference counting and subsystem-level call-backs to
> > achieve its goal of requesting an IO memory region only once across 3
> > consumers. The same can be achieved by handling the region centrally
> > during the parent device's .probe() sequence. Releasing can be handed
> > in a similar way during .remove().
> >
> > While we're here, take the opportunity to provide some clean-ups and
> > error checking to issues noticed along the way.
> >
> > This also paves the way for clean cell disabling via Device Tree being
> > discussed at [0]
> >
> > [0] https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/10/18/612.
>
> As the CS5535 is primarily used on the OLPC XO1, it would be
> good to have someone test the series on such a machine.
>
> I've added a few people to Cc that may be able to help test it, or
> know someone who can.

Wonderful. Thank you.

> For the actual patches, see
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191021105822.20271-1-lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
>
> Arnd

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