From: Samuel Ortiz <sameo-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
To: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings-s/n/eUQHGBpZroRs9YW3xA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/19] timberdale: mfd_cell is now implicitly available to drivers
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 19:51:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110406175113.GC2757@sortiz-mobl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1302110209.2840.20.camel@bwh-desktop>
Hi Ben,
On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 06:16:49PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > So, adding an MFD cell pointer to the device structure allows us to cleanly
> > pass both pieces of information, while keeping all the MFD sub drivers
> > independant from the MFD core if they want/can.
>
> Why isn't an MFD the parent of its component devices?
It actually is. How would that help here ?
Cheers,
Samuel.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-06 17:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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[not found] ` <20110202195417.228e2656-pFFUokh25LWsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>
2011-02-03 4:08 ` [PATCH 07/19] timberdale: mfd_cell is now implicitly available to drivers Andres Salomon
2011-03-31 23:05 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <20110331230522.GI437-e0URQFbLeQY2iJbIjFUEsiwD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org>
2011-04-01 11:20 ` Samuel Ortiz
2011-04-01 17:47 ` Andres Salomon
2011-04-01 17:56 ` Grant Likely
2011-04-01 18:00 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <BANLkTi=bCd_+f=EG-O=U5VH_ZNjFhxkziQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-04-01 23:52 ` Samuel Ortiz
2011-04-01 23:58 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <BANLkTi=bq=OGzXFp7qiBr7x_BnGOWf=DRQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-04-02 0:10 ` Andres Salomon
2011-04-04 10:03 ` Samuel Ortiz
2011-04-05 3:04 ` Grant Likely
2011-04-06 15:23 ` Samuel Ortiz
2011-04-06 15:58 ` Greg KH
2011-04-06 17:05 ` Samuel Ortiz
2011-04-06 17:16 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-04-06 17:51 ` Samuel Ortiz [this message]
2011-04-06 18:07 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-04-06 17:56 ` Greg KH
2011-04-06 18:25 ` Andres Salomon
2011-04-06 18:38 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20110406183854.GA10058-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2011-04-07 8:04 ` Grant Likely
2011-04-06 18:47 ` Samuel Ortiz
2011-04-06 18:59 ` Felipe Balbi
[not found] ` <20110406185902.GN25654-UiBtZHVXSwEVvW8u9ZQWYwjfymiNCTlR@public.gmane.org>
2011-04-06 22:09 ` Greg KH
2011-04-07 8:09 ` Felipe Balbi
2011-04-07 13:40 ` Samuel Ortiz
2011-04-07 14:35 ` Grant Likely
[not found] ` <20110407143515.GC26452-MrY2KI0G/OVr83L8+7iqerDks+cytr/Z@public.gmane.org>
2011-04-07 15:03 ` Samuel Ortiz
2011-04-07 18:06 ` Grant Likely
2011-04-07 16:24 ` Grant Likely
2011-04-01 18:26 ` Samuel Ortiz
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