[PATCH v2 04/11] mfd:stixxxx-syscfg: Add ST System Configuration support.

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Mon Jun 10 09:16:34 EDT 2013


On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Srinivas KANDAGATLA
<srinivas.kandagatla at st.com> wrote:

> This mfd driver provides higher level inialization routines for various
> IPs like Ethernet, USB, PCIE, SATA and so on. Also it provides way to
> get to syscfg registers via standard regmap api which is usefull for
> drivers like pinctrl.
>
> This patch adds support to ST System Configuration registers, which can
> be configured by the drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla at st.com>
> CC: Stuart Menefy <stuart.menefy at st.com>
> CC: Stephen Gallimore <stephen.gallimore at st.com>
> CC: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> CC: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>

What is this driver doing that drivers/mfd/syscon.c is not already
doing?

I just get the feeling that you're reinventing the wheel here.

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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