Re: [patch 3/4] MFD: Remove unnecessary fields if mfd_cell structure.

[Ben Dooks]

On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 03:09:12PM +0400, Dmitry wrote:
> 2008/7/9 Ben Dooks <ben-linux@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > The enable,disable,suspend and resume entry in the struct mfd_cell
> > do not seem to be necessary as they should be handled by the
> > platform driver that the device created has bound to.
> 
> NAK. It's used e.g. by the tmio-nand driver. These fields provide easy
> way to support
> enhanced power management, etc.

What enhancements over the standard platform device model do you need?
 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Index: linux-2.6.26-rc9-next20080709/include/linux/mfd/core.h
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.26-rc9-next20080709.orig/include/linux/mfd/core.h 2008-07-09 10:44:45.000000000 +0100
> > +++ linux-2.6.26-rc9-next20080709/include/linux/mfd/core.h      2008-07-09 10:45:06.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -23,12 +26,6 @@
> >  */
> >  struct mfd_cell {
> >        const char              *name;
> > -
> > -       int                     (*enable)(struct platform_device *dev);
> > -       int                     (*disable)(struct platform_device *dev);
> > -       int                     (*suspend)(struct platform_device *dev);
> > -       int                     (*resume)(struct platform_device *dev);
> > -
> >        void                    *driver_data; /* driver-specific data */
> >
> >        /*
> >
> > --
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> With best wishes
> Dmitry

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Ben

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