Hi, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> > You could consider using regmap for holding this cache. >> > >> > http://elceurope2012.sched.org/event/100619b669ce5767341624253aa03659?iframe=no&w=900&sidebar=yes&bg=no#.UXdspHLQ5jM >> > >> > http://elinux.org/ELCE_Europe_2012_Presentations >> >> Interesting. As I am not yet familiar w/ regmap I would prefer having >> the driver accepted during merge window with current data structure and >> then convert it to regmap. But I will take a look (e.g. will study >> fca1dd03 for instance). Thanks for the pointers. >> > I have not had time for a detailed review, but adding regmap support > will not be a requirement. > > Note that it is too late for 3.10, so the driver will have to wait for > 3.11. Well, I think I can live with it; The only bad thing is that it kills my excuses not to spend time on regmap ;-) >> >> +/* >> >> + * Helpers to import hardware characteristics from .dts file and overload >> >> + * default config values. >> >> + */ >> >> + >> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_OF >> > >> > Can the driver be used without device tree? Would it be simpler to >> > just add depends OF in the Kconfig entry? >> >> It can be used if the default params (or those configured by u-boot I >> guess) fit your needs. I think it would be fairly easy to extend the >> driver later to expose g762_config struct to allow parameters to be set >> w/o using OF. If someone wants to do that, I think it is better to not >> depend on OF in Kconfig at the moment but I have not strong argument >> other that that one. I'll let you decide. >> > Agreed. As long as there are major platforms not supporting device tree, > and as long as device tree overlays are not supported, it must not be made > mandatory. Especially for I2C and SPI devices I reserve the right to be able > test the hardware on an X86 system and not require a reboot to do so. Understood. Following Simon's post, I think it's useful to implement some init function for non DT-enabled platforms. a+ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
