RE: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] misc: Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support

[Min Li]

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> Why not use the miscdev name field?
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miscdev name field is just a char pointer and I need an static array to manipulate the name with index

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> So it's a parent?  Why not make this a real platform_device pointer and not
> a device pointer?
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It is not parent and mfd field is the parent

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> What operations?
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The MFD driver will create 2 devices, one is for phc driver and another one is this driver.
The lock is to make sure these 2 driver's operations are synchronized. 

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> Index into what?
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index is passed by mfd driver and will be used as part of device name such as "rsmu0"