[PATCH 1/3] mfd: allow mfd_cell association with device tree node

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:07:43AM +0100, Daniel Drake wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Mark Brown

> > You're modifying global data which should really be const and is shared
> > between multiple devices in place.  Probably you'll not notice any
> > practical effects, especially if you don't happen to have multiple
> > devices in the same system.

> I see. In this case, it would be impossible to have two VX855s in the
> same system, and if you did, you would have bigger problems. In this
> context what we're doing is safe.

Right, but your modification was to the MFD core so it's going to affect
other devices...