Re: [PATCH v2] regulator: pfuze100: add pfuze100 regulator driver

From: Shawn Guo
Date: Mon Jul 15 2013 - 02:50:10 EST


On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 02:40:39PM +0800, Robin Gong wrote:
> > > +static const struct of_device_id pfuze_dt_ids[] = {
> > > + { .compatible = "fsl,pfuze100", .data = (void *)PFUZE_ID_PFUZE100},
> >
> > You do not use .data in the driver at all, and can just drop it.
> >
> good catch. .driver_data of i2c_device_id and .data of of_device_id are two different ways to let driver know which chip used now by DTS or not. I should use them to know which chip used now ,although I can know by reading chipid register.
>

If you can figure out the chip ID from hardware, it should be used as
the preference over compatible and .driver_data.

Shawn

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