Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/19] timberdale: mfd_cell is now implicitly available to drivers

From: Samuel Ortiz <sameo-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 19:51:14 +0200

Hi Ben,

On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 06:16:49PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > So, adding an MFD cell pointer to the device structure allows us to cleanly
> > pass both pieces of information, while keeping all the MFD sub drivers
> > independant from the MFD core if they want/can.
> 
> Why isn't an MFD the parent of its component devices?
It actually is. How would that help here ?

Cheers,
Samuel.

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