[PATCH 00/15] new locomo driver

[greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 10:56:35PM +0400, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
> 2014-10-28 3:13 GMT+03:00 Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>:
> > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 03:01:53AM +0300, Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov wrote:
> >> Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 and SL-5600 use special companion Gate Array. Current
> >> drivers present in Linux kernel has some problems:
> >>
> >>  * It uses custom bus instead of platform bus/mfd core.
> >
> > I believe Greg wouldn't see that as a positive point.
> >
> > Don't think that the platform bus _should_ always be used.  It shouldn't
> > (Greg has said he'd like to see the platform bus to be totally killed off.)
> > Instead, custom buses properly suited to the class of device in question
> > is much preferred, especially if it aids in...
> 
> Greg, Russell, what should I use then for mfd multi-cell devices?
> Is mfd-core still a permitted API? Should we change mfd-core
> internals to spawn extra bus (busses?) for the cells?

I have no objection to the current mfd code, it's just a long-time
grumbling on my part about the state of the platform interfaces.  Not
enough of an issue to make me actually do anything about it :)

thanks,

greg k-h