Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 07/13] net: dsa: felix: add support for MFD configurations

[Florian Fainelli]

On 1/27/2023 11:35 AM, Colin Foster wrote:
> The architecture around the VSC7512 differs from existing felix drivers. In
> order to add support for all the chip's features (pinctrl, MDIO, gpio) the
> device had to be laid out as a multi-function device (MFD).
>
> One difference between an MFD and a standard platform device is that the
> regmaps are allocated to the parent device before the child devices are
> probed. As such, there is no need for felix to initialize new regmaps in
> these configurations, they can simply be requested from the parent device.
>
> Add support for MFD configurations by performing this request from the
> parent device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Foster <colin.foster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
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Florian