On 04/04/2023 10:07, Herve Codina wrote: >>> So, the structure I have in mind: >>> - pef2256.c (MFD) >>> implement and do the setup at probe() >>> Add the children at probe(): >>> - pef2256-pinctrl (pinctrl) added using mfd_add_devices() >>> - pef2256-codec (ASoC codec) added using devm_of_platform_populate() >>> >>> Lee, with this in mind, can the core pef2256.c be a MFD driver ? >> >> You do not use MFD here, so why do you want to keep it in MFD? If you >> disagree, please tell me where is the MFD code in your patch? > > I don't want to absolutely use MFD. > I just want to put my driver somewhere and I don't know the right location > between MFD and Misc. > > Basically, the driver needs to do (little simplified and error path removed): > > static const struct mfd_cell pef2256_devs[] = { > { .name = "lantiq-pef2256-pinctrl", }, > }; > > static int pef2256_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > { > struct pef2256 *pef2256; > void __iomem *iomem; > int ret; > int irq; > > pef2256 = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*pef2256), GFP_KERNEL); > if (!pef2256) > return -ENOMEM; > > pef2256->dev = &pdev->dev; > > iomem = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0); > > pef2256->regmap = devm_regmap_init_mmio(&pdev->dev, iomem, > &pef2256_regmap_config); > > pef2256->mclk = devm_clk_get_enabled(&pdev->dev, "mclk"); > pef2256->sclkr = devm_clk_get_enabled(&pdev->dev, "sclkr"); > pef2256->sclkx = devm_clk_get_enabled(&pdev->dev, "sclkx"); > > pef2256->reset_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(&pdev->dev, "reset", GPIOD_OUT_LOW); > if (pef2256->reset_gpio) { > gpiod_set_value_cansleep(pef2256->reset_gpio, 1); > udelay(10); > gpiod_set_value_cansleep(pef2256->reset_gpio, 0); > udelay(10); > } > > pef2556_of_parse(pef2256, np); > > irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0); > ret = devm_request_irq(pef2256->dev, irq, pef2256_irq_handler, 0, "pef2256", pef2256); > > platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pef2256); > > mfd_add_devices(pef2256->dev, PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE, pef2256_devs, > ARRAY_SIZE(pef2256_devs), NULL, 0, NULL); Wait, now you use MFD framework, so the driver is suitable for MFD. Before there was nothing like that in your code. Best regards, Krzysztof