[PATCH v2 07/11] ARM:stixxxx: Add STiH416 SOC support

Srinivas KANDAGATLA srinivas.kandagatla at st.com
Fri Jun 14 17:12:35 EST 2013


On 10/06/13 14:52, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 10 June 2013 10:27:05 Srinivas KANDAGATLA wrote:
> 
>> > +	soc {
>> > +		pin-controller-sbc {
>> > +			#address-cells	= <1>;
>> > +			#size-cells	= <1>;
>> > +			compatible	= "st,stih416-pinctrl", "simple-bus";
> Why is this both its own device with a compatible string and a
> "simple-bus" at the same time? Wouldn't it be simpler to just
> scan the child device nodes from the "st,stih416-pinctrl"
> driver instead of having a separate platform_driver for them?
> 
I did try this suggestion, and it simplified driver too, I will do this
change in next version.

Thanks,
srini


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