On Fri, 23 Nov 2012, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 22 November 2012 16:54, Lee Jones <lee.jo...@linaro.org> wrote:
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/stmpe.txt
> >> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/stmpe.txt
> >> stmpe1601: stmpe1601@40 {
>
> >> + id = <0>;
> >
> > Don't do this. Device IDs are Linux specific.
>
> Hi Lee,
>
> This is id of the mfd device that we need to pass to mfd_add_device()
> and is used in following:
MFD devices are Linux specific, whereas DT is cross-platform. Thus
you can't put it in the DTS(I) files.
> pdev = platform_device_alloc(cell->name, id + cell->id);
>
> This is required when we have multiple instances of MFD device present
> on board. How do you want me to handle this ?
There are lots of examples of this already. I have to leave something
to the imagination, or I'll be requesting a cut of your salary. :D
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