Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] mfd: act8945a: add Active-semi ACT8945A PMIC MFD driver
From: Peter Korsgaard
Date: Fri Jan 15 2016 - 02:58:19 EST
>>>>> "Yang," == Yang, Wenyou <Wenyou.Yang@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Hi,
>> Why not make it a tristate instead? Having regulators as modules is perhaps not a
>> very wise thing to do, but conceptually I don't see why this code couldn't be a
>> module.
> Yes, you are right. it can be use a tristate.
Ok, good.
>> > + act8945a = devm_kzalloc(&i2c->dev, sizeof(*act8945a), GFP_KERNEL);
>> > + if (!act8945a)
>> > + return -ENOMEM;
>> > +
>>
>> What is the point of this structure (and the header file)? Can't the subdevices just
>> do dev_get_regmap(dev->parent)? regulator_register() afaik already does this by
>> default.
> Yes, I re-read regulator_register() code. It did do dev_get_regmap(dev->parent).
> I think this structure should be pointed by dev->parent, this structure is necessary.
> Yes regulator driver should be simpler.
> Moreover, it is used by another sub device, charger. Which don't such code.
But the charger driver can just as well do:
dev_get_regmap(dev->parent);
instead of:
dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent)->regmap.
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Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard