Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] mfd: act8945a: add Active-semi ACT8945A PMIC MFD driver

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Yang," == Yang, Wenyou <Wenyou.Yang@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Hi,

 >> Why not make it a tristate instead? Having regulators as modules is perhaps not a
 >> very wise thing to do, but conceptually I don't see why this code couldn't be a
 >> module.

 > Yes, you are right. it can be use a tristate.

Ok, good.

>> > +	act8945a = devm_kzalloc(&i2c->dev, sizeof(*act8945a), GFP_KERNEL);
 >> > +	if (!act8945a)
 >> > +		return -ENOMEM;
 >> > +
 >> 
 >> What is the point of this structure (and the header file)? Can't the subdevices just
 >> do dev_get_regmap(dev->parent)? regulator_register() afaik already does this by
 >> default.

 > Yes, I re-read regulator_register() code. It did do dev_get_regmap(dev->parent).

 > I think this structure should be pointed by dev->parent, this structure is necessary.

 > Yes regulator driver should be simpler.

 > Moreover, it is used by another sub device, charger. Which don't such code.

But the charger driver can just as well do:

dev_get_regmap(dev->parent);

instead of:

dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent)->regmap.

-- 
Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard