[PATCHv1 1/3] hwmon: Add support for GMT G762/G763 PWM fan controller

Jean Delvare khali at linux-fr.org
Sat Apr 27 10:12:04 EDT 2013


On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:03:31 +0200, Simon Guinot wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 12:05:56AM +0200, Arnaud Ebalard wrote:
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Set default configuration values before passing the structure
> > +	 * to OF helpers to overload them using those provided by .dts
> > +	 * file (if any). Final config is then commited.
> > +	 */
> > +	g762_config_init(&conf);
> > +	g762_config_of_overload(client, &conf);
> > +	err = g762_config_commit(client, &conf);
> > +	if (err)
> > +		goto out;
> 
> One more comment... Sorry for the multiple replies :)
> 
> I am not sure that applying a configuration anyway is a good idea.
> I think it could be best to stick with the bootloader configuration if
> no platform data nor device tree data are given.

FWIW, the common policy for hwmon drivers is actually to not change the
device configuration unless they really have to.

-- 
Jean Delvare



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