[RFC internal PATCH] mfd/mc13xxx: drop modifying driver's id_table in probe
Samuel Ortiz
sameo at linux.intel.com
Mon Jul 16 09:41:51 EDT 2012
Hi Uwe,
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 01:36:48PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> This was introduced in commit
>
> 876989d (mfd: Add device tree probe support for mc13xxx)
>
> for spi and later while introducing support for i2c copied to the i2c
> driver.
>
> Modifying driver details is very strange, for example probing an
> mc13892 device (instantiated via dt) removes the driver's ability to
> handle (traditionally probed) mc13783 devices in this case.
> I'm not aware of any problems that make this hack necessary and if
> there were some, they'd have to be fixed in the spi/i2c core, not in
> a driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
> ---
> Hello Samuel,
>
> even though this qualifies as fix, I don't think it's necessary to annoy
> Linus with it for 3.5. Usually there is only one pmic on each machine so
> it's not grave when probing one device disables support for another.
I agree, and I'm pushing this one for the next merge window.
Cheers,
Samuel.
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