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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ A typical MFD can be:
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Optional properties:
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- - compatible : "simple-mfd" - this signifies that the operating system should
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- consider all subnodes of the MFD device as separate devices akin to how
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- "simple-bus" indicates when to see subnodes as children for a simple
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- memory-mapped bus. For more complex devices, when the nexus driver has to
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- probe registers to figure out what child devices exist etc, this should not
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- be used. In the latter case the child devices will be determined by the
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- operating system.
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+ - compatible : "simple-mfd" - this signifies that the operating system
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+ should consider all subnodes of the MFD device as separate and independent
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+ devices, so not needing any resources to be provided by the parent device.
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+ Similarly to how "simple-bus" indicates when to see subnodes as children for
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+ a simple memory-mapped bus.
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+ For more complex devices, when the nexus driver has to probe registers to
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+ figure out what child devices exist etc, this should not be used. In the
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+ latter case the child devices will be determined by the operating system.
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- ranges: Describes the address mapping relationship to the parent. Should set
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the child's base address to 0, the physical address within parent's address
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