[PATCH 1/2] mfd: Add support for MAX77686.

[Yadwinder Singh Brar]

Hi Mark,

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Mark Brown
<broonie at opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 09:54:54PM +0530, Yadwinder Singh wrote:
>
>> +int max77686_read_reg(struct i2c_client *i2c, u8 reg, u8 *dest)
>> +{
>> +     int ret;
>> +
>> +     ret = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(i2c, reg);
>> +     if (ret < 0)
>
> It would really be better if this used the regmap API - the regulator
> API is starting to build out functionality on top of regmap which this
> won't be able to take advantage of if it doesn't use regmap.
>

I agree, I will implement it.

>> +     if (of_get_property(dev->of_node, "max77686,wakeup", NULL))
>> +             pd->wakeup = true;
>
> You haven't included any binding documentatiojn for the device tree
> bindings - you should do this.
>

Ok. I will add documentation in next version of patch.

>> +     max77686 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct max77686_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +     if (max77686 == NULL) {
>> +             dev_err(max77686->dev, "could not allocate memory\n");
>> +             return -ENOMEM;
>> +     }
>
> devm_kzalloc().
>

yes, its better option.

>> +     device_init_wakeup(max77686->dev, max77686->wakeup);
>
> Why is this not just done unconditionally?  There's sysfs files to allow
> userspace control.
>

yes, i agree with you. i will do it.

>> +     if (max77686_read_reg(i2c, MAX77686_REG_DEVICE_ID, &data) < 0) {
>> +             ret = -EIO;
>> +             dbg_info("%s : device not found on this channel\n", __func__);
>> +             goto err_mfd;
>> +     } else
>> +             dev_info(max77686->dev, "device found\n");
>
> You should verify that the device ID you read back is the expected one.
>

Ok, I will do that also.

>> +     dev_err(max77686->dev, "device probe failed : %d\n", ret);
>
> Driver core should do this for you.
>

Yes, I will remove this message.

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Thanks,
Yadwinder.