linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: reorganize drivers

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Date:	Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:17:13 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	"Ben Dooks (embedded platforms)" <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org,
	Matt Porter <mporter@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@....com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	spi-devel-general@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: reorganize drivers

On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:00:38 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sunday 05 June 2011, Grant Likely wrote:
> >  rename drivers/spi/{omap2_mcspi.c => spi_omap2_mcspi.c} (100%)
> >  rename drivers/spi/{omap_spi_100k.c => spi_omap_100k.c} (100%)
> >  rename drivers/spi/{omap_uwire.c => spi_omap_uwire.c} (100%)
> >  rename drivers/spi/{orion_spi.c => spi_orion.c} (100%)
> >  rename drivers/spi/{amba-pl022.c => spi_pl022.c} (100%)
> >  rename drivers/spi/{pxa2xx_spi.c => spi_pxa2xx.c} (100%)
> >  rename drivers/spi/{pxa2xx_spi_pci.c => spi_pxa2xx_pci.c} (100%)
> >  rename drivers/spi/{ti-ssp-spi.c => spi_ti_ssp.c} (100%)
> >  rename drivers/spi/{tle62x0.c => spi_tle62x0.c} (100%)
> >  rename drivers/spi/{xilinx_spi.c => spi_xilinx.c} (100%)
> 
> I recently looked at the directory structure in drivers/ and found a lot
> of bus drivers with very few files, plus a few bus drivers with a lot
> of files in them besides directories for non-bus specific subsystems.
> 
> I think it would be good to move them into a deeper directory drivers/bus/
> if we have support from the maintainers, and it's probably better if we
> only have to move the files once to reduce the amount of churn on the
> MAINTAINERS file and any out of tree patches.
> 
> Specifically, I'd like to do these moves:
> 
> drivers/{ => bus}/amba
> drivers/{ => bus}/dio
> drivers/{ => bus}/eisa
> drivers/{ => bus}/firewire
> drivers/{ => bus}/i2c
> drivers/{ => bus}/mca
> drivers/{ => bus}/nubus
> drivers/{ => bus}/pcmcia
> drivers/{ => bus}/rapidio
> drivers/{ => bus}/sbus
> drivers/{ => bus}/spi
> drivers/{ => bus}/ssb
> drivers/{ => bus}/tc
> drivers/{ => bus}/uwb
> drivers/{ => bus}/virtio
> drivers/{ => bus}/vlync
> drivers/{ => bus}/w1
> drivers/{ => bus}/zorro
> 
> This leaves out the two most common buses, USB and PCI, mostly because
> the directories contain a lot of stuff that is not really bus code
> but actual drivers. It does include i2c and spi, which stick out by
> being a lot larger than most others.
> 
> Opinions? Move or don't move?

No opinion, I just don't care.

-- 
Jean Delvare
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