[PATCH v2 1/2] regulator: act8945a: add regulator driver for ACT8945A

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Wed Jan 13 23:27:45 PST 2016


>>>>> "Yang," == Yang, Wenyou <Wenyou.Yang at atmel.com> writes:

 >> Isn't the regulator part of the act8945a identical to act8865? Can't we just use the
 >> existing act8865-regulator.c driver? (E.G. support 8865 variant in the mfd driver,
 >> but only register the regulator sub device?)

 > Yes, the regulator part of the act8945a is identical to act8865.

 > But the act8865-regulator driver is a struct i2c_driver, and the mfd
 > sub-device driver is a platform_driver driver, it is not easy to use
 > it.

But the mfd driver could support the act8865 variant as well (by only
registering the regulator mfd cell).

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Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard 



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