Re: [PATCH 1/3] mfd: add LP3943 MFD driver

[Lee Jones]

> > > +int lp3943_read_byte(struct lp3943 *l, u8 reg, u8 *read)
> > 
> > Not sure I like 'l' as a variable name. The function is small enough
> > to get away with it in this context, but it would probably be better
> > if it were renamed to something more meaningful.
> 
> LP3943 consists of two devices - GPIO and PWM drivers.
> So each private data was defined as 
> 
> struct lp3943 *l;			/* MFD device */
> struct lp3943_gpio *lg;		/* GPIO driver */
> struct lp3943_pwm *lp;		/* PWM driver */
> 
> As you pointed, the 'l' may look like a list of something.
> I'll rename them as below.
> 
> struct lp3943 *lp3943;
> struct lp3943_gpio *lp3943_gpio;
> struct lp3943_pwm *lp3943_pwm;

Much better thanks.

> > > +static const struct i2c_device_id lp3943_ids[] = {
> > > +	{"lp3943", 0},
> > 
> > Lack of consistency ...
> 
> I don't know exactly what it means. Do you mean the name of I2C device?

No, I was referencing the spaces (or lack of) on the inside of the
curly brackets.

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