Hi Biju,
On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 9:06 AM Biju Das <biju.das.jz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] mfd: Add Renesas PMIC RAA215300 RTC driver
> >
> > Currently, it is not possible to instantiate the i2c client driver using MFD
> > cell as it is not a platform driver. Add support for Renesas PMIC
> > RAA215300 RTC platform driver, so that it can be instantiated by MFD API.
> > The rtc device is created by using i2c_new_ancillary_device() and it
> > register as the rtc device by the helper function provided by
> > rtc-isl2108 driver.
>
> Not sure this platform driver has to be placed in RTC subsystem rather than MFD subsystem
> as PMIC MFD driver, can instantiate it using MFD cell??
Can't you just instantiate the i2c ancillary device from the PMIC driver,
and drop the new mfd and platform rtc drivers?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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