[PATCH 3/6] mfd: add bcm59056 pmu driver
Lee Jones
lee.jones at linaro.org
Tue Feb 4 10:20:56 EST 2014
> > ... then you'll still need this.
>
> Yes, I was far too vague..I'm going to stop explicitly populating the
> data field.
>
> static const struct of_device_id bcm59056_of_match[] = {
> { .compatible = "brcm,bcm59056"},
> { }
> };
+1
> > And I don't think you can drop this, as the I2C subsystem still
> > insists on it.
>
> Agreed. I'm just dropping explicit population of the driver_data field
> here.
>
> static const struct i2c_device_id bcm59056_i2c_id[] = {
> { "bcm59056" },
> { }
> };
+1
> > I think you need to keep this to supply the silly I2C ID table.
> >
> > I would just omit the '.data = (void *) VERSION' from the
> > of_match_table until you require it.
>
> Well, it's not even necessary for I2C ID table. the I2C subsystem is
> happy with just a matching entry on the i2c_device_id name field and
> NULL driver_data. palmas is implemented in this manner.
Guess what? +1 :)
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