Re: [PATCH] mfd: qcom-spmi-pmic: Add support for more chips versions

["Ivan T. Ivanov" <iivanov@mm-sol.com>]

Hi Gilad,

On Fri, 2014-11-07 at 17:08 -0700, Gilad Avidov wrote:
> On 11/6/2014 12:54 AM, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote:
> > On Wed, 2014-11-05 at 17:36 -0800, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Ivan T. Ivanov <iivanov@mm-sol.com> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2014-11-05 at 10:11 -0800, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Ivan T. Ivanov <iivanov@mm-sol.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > [..]
> > > > > > @@ -28,11 +144,27 @@ static int pmic_spmi_probe(struct spmi_device
> > > > > > *sdev)
> > > > > >   {
> > > > > >          struct device_node *root = sdev->dev.of_node;
> > > > > >          struct regmap *regmap;
> > > > > > +       struct property *prop;
> > > > > > +       int major, minor, ret;
> > > > > > +       char *name, compatible[32];
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >          regmap = devm_regmap_init_spmi_ext(sdev,
> > > > > > &spmi_regmap_config);
> Hi Ivan, I have a general question about this driver/layer.
> Since the driver is using regmap, why does it need to be
> qcom-*spmi*-pmic ? could we drop the spmi part?
> regmap's point is abstraction of  the bus technology, and indeed some
> PMICs use i2c.

This is driver for SPMI device, so no. The child device/drivers are
different question, but I don't want to start that discussion again.

Regards,
Ivan