linux-kernel - Re: MFD: move ssbi driver into drivers/mfd

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Date:	Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:00:12 -0700
From:	David Brown <davidb@...eaurora.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>,
	Richard Kuo <rkuo@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: MFD: move ssbi driver into drivers/mfd

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:

> There is no reason for ssbi to have its own top-level driver directory
> when the only users of this interface are all MFD drivers. The only
> mainline driver using it at the moment (PM8921) is marked broken and in
> fact does not compile. I have verified that fixing the trivial build
> breakage in pm8921 links in the new ssbi code just fine, but that
> can be a separate patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>

Acked-by: David Brown <davidb@...eaurora.org>

Coming soon, I hope, are going to be the DT conversion of the 8921
driver, and possibly drivers for a few of the other pmic chips.

And, thanks for moving this.

David

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