linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove tosa_battery driver (was: Re: [PATCH] tosa_battery: fix FTBFS bug due to driver

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Date:	Sat, 1 May 2010 00:40:54 +0400
From:	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
To:	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove tosa_battery driver (was: Re: [PATCH] 
	tosa_battery: fix FTBFS bug due to driver_data access)

Hello,

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Anton Vorontsov
<cbouatmailru@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 03:48:35PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:18:22 +0400
>> Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
>> > ---
>> >  drivers/power/tosa_battery.c |    4 ++--
>> >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> Please don't send unchangelogged patches.
>>
>> Please don't send patches which require recipients to go googling
>> acronyms to work out wtf you're up to.
>>
>> <googles the acronym>
>>
>> Ah, it appears to be a build fix.
>
> It seems that the driver isn't buildable since 2.6.32
> (i.e. commit b4028437 "Driver core: move dev_get/set_drvdata to
> drivers/base/dd.c").
>
> Also, IIRC it was deprecated in favor of wm97xx_battery.c
> driver.
>
> So, I'm not picking this patch for 2.6.34, it's not a
> new regression, and the driver is probably needs to be
> removed.
>
> Any objections on the patch down below?

Yes. wm97xx_battery handles only one battery, while tosa uses 3
different batterires.
So, wm97xx_battery needs to be adapted/enhanced.

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry
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