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[23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id s7si1604112edr.284.2020.06.30.05.46.20; Tue, 30 Jun 2020 05:46:42 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387903AbgF3MpI (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 30 Jun 2020 08:45:08 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:37430 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2387854AbgF3MpG (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jun 2020 08:45:06 -0400 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de (metis.ext.pengutronix.de [IPv6:2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EA863C061755 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2020 05:45:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pty.hi.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:100:1d::c5]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jqFdF-0004Gz-9G; Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:45:01 +0200 Received: from ukl by pty.hi.pengutronix.de with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1jqFdE-00026X-AU; Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:45:00 +0200 Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:45:00 +0200 From: Uwe =?utf-8?Q?Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?= To: Bartosz Golaszewski Cc: Miquel Raynal , Thierry Reding , Linus Walleij , linux-gpio , linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org, Andy Shevchenko , Thomas Petazzoni , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] gpio: pca953x: Add Maxim MAX7313 PWM support Message-ID: <20200630124500.m765t276atb3wqgy@pengutronix.de> References: <20200503105453.23658-1-miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> <20200629160844.6ecf79c1@xps13> <20200629195044.uvgma53cajiko3gf@pengutronix.de> <20200630085828.1aebdf99@xps13> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="krdjdadfcr2hiurd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:67c:670:100:1d::c5 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ukl@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PTX-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --krdjdadfcr2hiurd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hallo Bartosz, On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 11:13:31AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote: > I can't find anything in any of the previous threads. What was the > reason to not go the MFD way here? MFD doesn't work because the different "modes" are not orthogonal. So this is not a single device that provides several functions at the same time that can be used in parallel. Best regards Uwe --=20 Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig | Industrial Linux Solutions | https://www.pengutronix.de/ | --krdjdadfcr2hiurd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEfnIqFpAYrP8+dKQLwfwUeK3K7AkFAl77M8kACgkQwfwUeK3K 7All0Qf9GdnPCjEM0OlXRr7bI7rOuAhdap/1C3qSS/4I43TT+CcuEs+lztsEi5Tm DtpykD0ZiI0bhUI3SIJmS9gN4IAgQhAjYpNcgBt8/2OthVxkz8OgLDzxsan6kPIH 2U8Dxa9hPsdW7VRnXmBqKC2eeR+PPKItUy7RzkV07Qs/SUTBO4xCLifwHT7WlOnA vBvicgmTboB6XlEfIWOq95QrZT3cchHlekcM9Qe3TGDLz2F+rj2PSWYe807G++W5 JfIpwwh1rn1TTxUxpfnaq8tx8UuHoy2XTkUnKVN8FsMRHIKfDxH13FpOWJ7r/5CO WjYLxGth+0dO+cUZ5yDYqbbt4OZOyQ== =bp8M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --krdjdadfcr2hiurd--