Re: [PATCH 3/3] mcp23s08: add i2c support

From: Peter Korsgaard
Date: Fri Jul 15 2011 - 03:03:55 EST


>>>>> "Grant" == Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Grant> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 09:59:28PM +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>> Add i2c bindings for the mcp230xx devices. This is quite a lot simpler
>> than the spi ones as there's no funky sub addressing done (one struct
>> i2c_client per struct gpio_chip).
>>
>> The mcp23s08_platform_data structure is reused for i2c, even though
>> only a single mcp23s08_chip_info structure is needed.
>>
>> To make the platform data bus independent, the setup/teardown prototypes
>> are slightly changed, so the bus specific struct (spi_device / i2c_client)
>> is passed as a void pointer instead.
>>
>> There's no in-tree users of these callbacks.

Grant> Why don't we just remove them then? The notifier mechanism is more
Grant> generic anyway.

Ok, will do.

Grant> [...]
>> @@ -537,9 +705,13 @@ static int __init mcp23s08_init(void)
>> return ret;
>> #endif /* CONFIG_SPI_MASTER */
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_I2C
>> + ret = i2c_add_driver(&mcp230xx_driver);
>> +#endif /* CONFIG_I2C */
>> +

Grant> Need to unwind on failure to register, or put the i2c driver into a
Grant> separate module so that each module gets it's own init/exit hooks.

Ok, will unwind.

Thanks for the quick review, will send an updated patch series shortly.

--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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