Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:40:22 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 07/13] net: dsa: felix: add support for MFD configurations | From | Florian Fainelli <> |
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On 1/27/2023 11:35 AM, Colin Foster wrote: > The architecture around the VSC7512 differs from existing felix drivers. In > order to add support for all the chip's features (pinctrl, MDIO, gpio) the > device had to be laid out as a multi-function device (MFD). > > One difference between an MFD and a standard platform device is that the > regmaps are allocated to the parent device before the child devices are > probed. As such, there is no need for felix to initialize new regmaps in > these configurations, they can simply be requested from the parent device. > > Add support for MFD configurations by performing this request from the > parent device. > > Signed-off-by: Colin Foster <colin.foster@in-advantage.com>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> -- Florian
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