RE: [PATCH v2] mfd: ADP5520 Multifunction LCD Backlight and Keypad Input Device Driver

[Hennerich, Michael]

>With 2 of those devices, your board file would look like that:
>
>static struct i2c_board_info __initdata board_i2c_board_info[] = {
>	{	/* APD5520 #1 */
>		I2C_BOARD_INFO("pmic-adp5520", SLAVE_ADDR_1),
>		.platform_data	= &apd5520_platform_1,
>	},
>	{	/* APD5520 #2 */
>		I2C_BOARD_INFO("pmic-adp5520", SLAVE_ADDR_2),
>		.platform_data	= &apd5520_platform_2,
>	},
>};
>
>and your platform data would be an aggregation of all subdevices
platform data
>structures:
>
>struct adp5520_platform_data {
>	struct adp5520_leds_platfrom_data *leds;
>	struct adp5520_keys_platfrom_data *keyp;
>	struct adp5520_gpio_platfrom_data *gpio;
>}
>
>Then, your mfd/adp5520.c will have that piece of code:
>
>static struct platform_device adp5520_gpio_device = {
>	.name	= "adp5520-gpio",
>	.id	= -1,
>}
>
>static struct platform_device *adp5520_subdevs[] = {
>	&adp5520_gpio_device,
>	&adp5520_leds_device,
>	&adp5520_keyp_device,
>}
>
>Finally, your i2c probe routine would assign platform_data pointers to
te
>right devices:
>
>static int __devinit adp5520_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>					const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>{
>	struct adp5520_platform_data *pdata = client->dev.platform_data;
>[...]
>	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(adp5520_subdevs); i++) {
>		adp5520_subdevs[i]->dev.parent = &client->dev;
>		adp5520_assign_pdata(&adp5520_subdevs[i], pdata);
>	}
>
>	platform_add_devices(adp5520_subdevs,
>			ARRAY_SIZE(adp5520_subdevs));
>}
>
>Where adp5520_assign_pdata() is a routine setting the platform_device's
>platform_data pointer according e.g. to the platform_device name field.
>
>Would that make sense to you ?
>
>Cheers,
>Samuel.

I think that should work.
Thanks,

Michael



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