[PATCH 1/3] mfd: tps6586x: add version detection

[stefan@agner.ch (Stefan Agner)]

Am 2013-11-27 17:58, schrieb Stephen Warren:
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>> +	tps6586x = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(*tps6586x), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (tps6586x == NULL) {
>> +		dev_err(&client->dev, "memory for tps6586x alloc failed\n");
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +	}
> 
>> +	tps6586x->version = (enum tps6586x_version)ret;
> 
> Why not make the version variable an integer of some kind. Then, the
> cast wouldn't be required. The values like TPS658621A can be #defines or
> const u32.
> 
Yep this would work too. Whatever is preferred, maybe define would be
more consistent since SLEW_RATE are defines too (both, the VERSIONCRC
and SLEW_RATE values are possible content of registers).

>> +	switch (ret) {
> 
> That should switch on tps6586x->version since that's been assigned;
> it'll make the purpose a bit clearer.
> 
>> +	default:
>> +		name = "TPS6586X";
>> +		break;
>>  	}
> 
> I hope the rest of the code deals with unknown values of
> tps6586x->version OK.
>
Well, the tps6586x->version is not completly unknown, its something
valid which is returned by i2c_smbus_read_byte_data. According to the
data sheet this should be a 8-Bit value.

However, the patch should handle every version, since I tried to make
the change backward compatible: The driver now and then supports every
device version, just the default voltage table are applied if there are
no specific tables available.