From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Jones Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] MFD: RK808: Add new mfd driver for RK808 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:20:36 +0100 Message-ID: <20140826102036.GJ9574@lee--X1> References: <1408505461-24200-1-git-send-email-zyw@rock-chips.com> <20140820092117.GI4266@lee--X1> <53FA9D1E.8040202@rock-chips.com> <20140826092205.GG9574@lee--X1> <53FC5BD1.7030406@rock-chips.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53FC5BD1.7030406-TNX95d0MmH7DzftRWevZcw@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Chris Zhong Cc: robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, pawel.moll-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, ijc+devicetree-KcIKpvwj1kUDXYZnReoRVg@public.gmane.org, galak-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org, sameo-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org, lgirdwood-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, broonie-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, a.zummo-BfzFCNDTiLLj+vYz1yj4TQ@public.gmane.org, mturquette-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, rtc-linux-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org, grant.likely-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, hl-TNX95d0MmH7DzftRWevZcw@public.gmane.org, huangtao-TNX95d0MmH7DzftRWevZcw@public.gmane.org, cf-TNX95d0MmH7DzftRWevZcw@public.gmane.org, zhangqing-TNX95d0MmH7DzftRWevZcw@public.gmane.org, xxx-TNX95d0MmH7DzftRWevZcw@public.gmane.org, dianders-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, heiko-4mtYJXux2i+zQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org, olof-nZhT3qVonbNeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org, sonnyrao-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, dtor-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, javier.martinez-ZGY8ohtN/8pPYcu2f3hruQ@public.gmane.org, kever.yang-TNX95d0MmH7DzftRWevZcw@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 26 Aug 2014, Chris Zhong wrote: > On 08/26/2014 05:22 PM, Lee Jones wrote: > >On Mon, 25 Aug 2014, Chris Zhong wrote: > >>On 08/20/2014 05:21 PM, Lee Jones wrote: > >>>On Wed, 20 Aug 2014, Chris Zhong wrote: > >>> > >>>>The RK808 chip is a power management IC for multimedia and handhe= ld > >>>>devices. It contains the following components: > >>>> > >>>>- Regulators > >>>>- RTC > >>>> > >>>>The rk808 core driver is registered as a platform driver and prov= ides > >>>>communication through I2C with the host device for the different > >>>>components. > >>>> > >>>>Signed-off-by: Chris Zhong > >>>>--- > >[...] > > > >>>>+ rk808->pdata =3D pdata; > >>>Remove pdata from 'struct rk808'. You can obtain it from dev. > >>Can I keep this pdata in rk808, because it is used in the regulator= driver. > >>The one obtain from dev maybe empty. > >If the one in dev is empty, you should populate that instead. >=20 > So, should I malloc a pada, and assign it to client->dev? If client->dev.pdata is NULL, yes. But actually, I have more important questions that need to be answered first. Ones which I would normally be able to answer myself if the patch-set had been sent as one (i.e. threaded) instead of as individual patches: - What are you using pdata for? - Where is pdata populated? - Where is pdata used? --=20 Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org =E2=94=82 Open source software for ARM SoCs =46ollow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" i= n the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html