[PATCH v2 2/3] mfd: sec-core: Add of_compatible strings for MFD cells

Lee Jones lee.jones at linaro.org
Thu Mar 13 09:09:50 EDT 2014


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> > >> Are these compatible strings documented anywhere?
> > >
> > > The "-clk" compatible strings are (in next patch). The "-rtc" and
> > > "-regulators" are not.
> > 
> > Hmm, this doesn't sound good.
> > 
> > > Actually they aren't also used by child driver (each child driver parses
> > > from parent of_node).
> > 
> > Do you need to add compatible strings to mfd_cell entries of such cells 
> > then?
> 
> From my point of view there isn't any special need for them (except for
> clk).
> 
> Dear Lee,
> 
> Do you wish to have these compatibles for all of child drivers even when
> they aren't used directly by them? If yes then probably I should
> document them.

It's your call, either remove the unused ones or document them all.

I don't really mind either way. In the previous version I asked if
there was any reason why you weren't applying compatible strings to
the other cells; "subordinate drivers don't use them" is a perfectly
reasonable reason.

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