Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] regulator: act8945a: add regulator driver for ACT8945A

From: Peter Korsgaard
Date: Thu Jan 14 2016 - 02:28:25 EST


>>>>> "Yang," == Yang, Wenyou <Wenyou.Yang@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> Isn't the regulator part of the act8945a identical to act8865? Can't we just use the
>> existing act8865-regulator.c driver? (E.G. support 8865 variant in the mfd driver,
>> but only register the regulator sub device?)

> Yes, the regulator part of the act8945a is identical to act8865.

> But the act8865-regulator driver is a struct i2c_driver, and the mfd
> sub-device driver is a platform_driver driver, it is not easy to use
> it.

But the mfd driver could support the act8865 variant as well (by only
registering the regulator mfd cell).

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Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard