Re: [RESEND RFC 3/3] nvmem: Add 'nvmem-composite' driver

[Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>]

On 21/03/16 16:12, Andrey Smirnov wrote:
>>> a-node {
>>>            nvmem-cells = <&cell_a &cell_b>, ????;
>>>            nvmem-cell-names = "some-data", "more-data";
>>> };
>>>
>> Should have replied you long back :-)
>
> No worries :-)
>
>>>
>>> and I want "more-data" to reference only one phandle, how would this be
>>> handled?
>>>
>> yes this would fail.
>>
>> The device tree compiler would concatenate all the cells and we have no
>> means to know where did "more-data" starts.
>>
>> sounds like composite driver is the way forward.
>
> What's your preference on "separate driver" vs. "part of the NVMEM
> framework"? Should I keep it as a separate driver or try to fold it
> into NVMEM core?

It does not make sense to have this driver as a separate nvmem provider, 
can you fold it in the nvmem core itself for now.


Thanks,
srini
>
> Thanks,
> Andrey
>