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From: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: WL1273 FM Radio driver...
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:23:59 +0100
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Hi Matti,

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 05:04:23PM +0200, Matti J. Aaltonen wrote:
> Hello
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> I have been trying to get the WL1273 FM radio driver into the kernel =
for
> some time. It has been kind of difficult, one of the reasons is that =
I
> didn't realize I should have tried to involve all relevant maintainer=
s
> to the discussion form the beginning (AsoC, Media and MFD). At Mark's
> suggestion I'm trying to reopen the discussion now.
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> The driver consists of an MFD core and two child drivers (the audio
> codec and the V4L2 driver). And the question is mainly about the role=
 of
> the MFD driver: the original design had the IO functions in the core.
> Currently the core is practically empty mainly because Mauro very
> strongly wanted to have =E2=80=9Ceverything=E2=80=9D in the V4L2 driv=
er.
What was Mauro main concerns with having the IO part in the core ?
A lot of MFD drivers are going that path already.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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