Messages in this thread | | | From | Min Li <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] misc: Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support | Date | Wed, 7 Apr 2021 20:12:10 +0000 |
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> > Why not use the miscdev name field? > miscdev name field is just a char pointer and I need an static array to manipulate the name with index
> > So it's a parent? Why not make this a real platform_device pointer and not > a device pointer? >
It is not parent and mfd field is the parent
> > What operations? >
The MFD driver will create 2 devices, one is for phc driver and another one is this driver. The lock is to make sure these 2 driver's operations are synchronized.
> > Index into what? >
index is passed by mfd driver and will be used as part of device name such as "rsmu0"
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