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From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
To: Min Li <min.li.xe@renesas.com>
Cc: "sameo@linux.intel.com" <sameo@linux.intel.com>,
	"grant.likely@linaro.org" <grant.likely@linaro.org>,
	"robh+dt@kernel.org" <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH mfd v1] mfd: Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 09:01:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210526080124.GH4005783@dell> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OS3PR01MB65931F0244E7D2CE6FCB4080BA259@OS3PR01MB6593.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>


On Tue, 25 May 2021, Min Li wrote:
> > Why do you need to track how many there are?
> > 
> > We don't usually do that at all.

You've cut away all of the context.

Please keep all the context so that we and others know what we're
referencing.

> It is used to index the mfd_cell array, rsmu_cdev[RSMU_MAX_MFD_DEV]

Why do you need to index the array?

The devices look identical to me.

Just have one entry for each type and register them in a for() loop.

> The index is also used to enumerate the rsmu character device, say /dev/rsmu[0/1/2/3]

You should be able to use platform_id or a similar built-in counting
mechanism.  There shouldn't be any requirement for you to hand-roll
your own device counting solution.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]
Senior Technical Lead - Developer Services
Linaro.org │ Open source software for Arm SoCs
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  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-26  8:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-26 19:44 [PATCH mfd v1] mfd: Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support min.li.xe
2021-05-05 14:11 ` Min Li
2021-05-05 15:10   ` Lee Jones
2021-05-19  8:08 ` Lee Jones
2021-05-21 14:36   ` Min Li
2021-05-21 15:02     ` Lee Jones
2021-05-21 20:04       ` Min Li
2021-05-25 15:20   ` Min Li
2021-05-25 18:23     ` Lee Jones
2021-05-25 19:35       ` Min Li
2021-05-26  8:01         ` Lee Jones [this message]
2021-05-26 18:26   ` Min Li
2021-05-27  8:43     ` Lee Jones
2021-06-03 19:31   ` Min Li
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-03-20 15:43 min.li.xe
2021-03-22 15:03 ` Lee Jones
2021-03-22 15:22   ` Min Li
2021-03-23  8:44     ` Lee Jones
2021-03-23 15:01       ` Min Li
2021-03-17 21:53 min.li.xe

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