Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] regmap: add APIs to bypass regmap_field and work with reg_field directly

From: Victor Chernyakin

Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 20:41:54 EST


> > This is not actually a new idea! Both it and the current *_alloc approach
> > were suggested as alternatives right when the regmap_field_* APIs were
> > being added [1]. The *_alloc approach was chosen without much
> > discussion, but I think (and Patch 2 demonstrates, I hope) that
> > this approach is the cleaner one.
>
> The demonstration in patch 2 would be a lot clearer had I been sent
> patch 2...

That's what I get for just blindly using get_maintainer.pl, sorry
about that. Sent it to you now.