Re: [PATCH] mfd: Add support for CPLD chip on Mikrotik RB4xx boards

[Bert Vermeulen <bert@biot.com>]

Hi Andy,

I will submit a new version with your comments addressed. However this one:

On 04/06/2015 12:13 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

>> +static struct spi_driver rb4xx_cpld_driver = {
>> +       .probe = rb4xx_cpld_probe,
>> +       .remove = rb4xx_cpld_remove,
>> +       .driver = {
>> +               .name = "rb4xx-cpld",
>> +               .bus = &spi_bus_type,
>> +               .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> 
> Do we really need this line?
>
> +       },
> +};
> +
> +module_spi_driver(rb4xx_cpld_driver);

Yes, apparently. It's only the module_platform_driver() macro that
automatically fills in the owner field. All SPI protocol drivers do this
(except one, video/backlight/hx8357.c). Having said that, I don't really get
what that field is used for.


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