Re: [PATCH 3/4] mfd/mc13xxx: add support for mc13892

From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Fri Oct 01 2010 - 07:03:12 EST


On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 12:42:51PM +0200, Samuel Ortiz wrote:
> Hi Uwe,
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 06:23:46PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > mc13892 is the companion PMIC for Freescale's i.MX51. It's similar enough
> > to mc13782 to support it in a single driver.
> >
> > This patch introduces enough compatibility cruft to keep all users of the
> > superseded mc13783 driver unchanged.
> All 4 patches applied, thanks.
Thanks.

> I have one comment though:
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
> > index db51ea1..1868d9b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/mfd/Kconfig
> > @@ -408,11 +408,16 @@ config MFD_PCF50633
> > so that function-specific drivers can bind to them.
> >
> > config MFD_MC13783
> > - tristate "Support Freescale MC13783"
> > + tristate
> > +
> I don't think it's worth keeping this symbol around.
That's part of the compatibility cruft because some drivers depend on
it. This will be removed when all other drivers are converted together
with (e.g.) include/mfd/mc13783.h.

Best regards
Uwe

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