[PATCH 1/1] mfd: Fix runtime warning caused by duplicate device registration
From: Mark Brown <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-03 13:24:50
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On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 02:07:45PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
On 03/07/12 13:35, Mark Brown wrote:
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Do we really want to create MFD cells like this (which are really Linux internal things and might vary if another OS or another version of Linux changes its internal abstractions) from the device tree?
We're not creating them. We're merely using current infrastructure.
*Very* recently added infrastructure which caused you to notice this...
Before, when we probed each device from Device Tree we came up against some fairly major limitations of the Device Tree. As a result, Arnd and I agreed that this was the way to go.
I'm really unconvinced that instnatiating the MFD cells from device tree is in general a good idea.
See c5395e7ed8f16cc7bb72a783de68659db5aed515 for a short description of the troubles we faced.
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