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