Re: [RFC PATCH 01/21] mfd: uniphier: add UniPhier MFD driver

[Lee Jones]

On Wed, 11 May 2016, Masahiro Yamada wrote:

> Hi Lee,
> 
> 2016-05-10 20:26 GMT+09:00 Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> +};
> >> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, uniphier_mfd_match);
> >
> > NACK.  Please do not mix MFD and DT registration.
> 
> OK, thanks for review.
> 
> 
> My basic thought was:
> 
>   - Add an MFD node to my DTS only once.
>     If I need to expand it in the future, I will just
>     need to modify drivers/mtd/uniphier-mfd.c.
>     It is just kernel-internal modification, so it does not
>     bother DT binding at all.
> 
>   - Simplify the node topology of DTS.

Just describe the hardware in DT.  If you do so accurately, there
should be no requirement to change it (in theory).

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