Re: [PATCH] mfd: new AB8500 driver

[Samuel Ortiz]

Hi Rabin,

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:15:31AM +0530, Rabin Vincent wrote:
> Add a new driver to support the AB8500 Power Management chip, replacing
> the current AB4500.  The new driver replaces the old one, instead of an
> incremental modification, because this is a substantial overhaul
> including:
> 
>  - Split of the driver into -core and -spi portions, to allow another
>    interface layer to be added
> 
>  - Addition of interrupt support
> 
>  - Switch to MFD core API for handling subdevices
> 
>  - Simplification of the APIs to remove a redundant block parameter
> 
>  - Rename of the APIs and macros from ab4500_* to ab8500_*
> 
>  - Rename of the files from ab4500* to ab8500*
> 
> The driver still identifes itself as "ab4500" 
The patch looks good, but why not changing that to "ab8500" and integrating
the relevant board file changes to this patch ?

Cheers,
Samuel.

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