linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] mfd: MT6397: Add regmap for MT8135 and MT6397 SoC

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Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:38:44 +0000
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Flora Fu <flora.fu@...iatek.com>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	"Joe.C" <yingjoe.chen@...iatek.com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@....com>,
	Ashwin Chaugule <ashwin.chaugule@...aro.org>,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, srv_heupstream@...iatek.com,
	Sascha Hauer <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
	Eddie Huang <eddie.huang@...iatek.com>,
	Dongdong Cheng <dongdong.cheng@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] mfd: MT6397: Add regmap for MT8135 and MT6397 SoC

On Thu, 20 Nov 2014, Sascha Hauer wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 05:04:54PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Nov 2014, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 11:46:45AM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 17 Nov 2014, Flora Fu wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Add PMIC wrapper of MT8135 to access MFD MT6397.
> > > > > This is regmap of MT6397 MFD.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Flora Fu <flora.fu@...iatek.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/mfd/Kconfig            |   8 +
> > > > >  drivers/mfd/Makefile           |   1 +
> > > > >  drivers/mfd/mt8135-pmic-wrap.c | 847 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > 
> > > > All of the PMIC functionality needs removing from MFD and placed
> > > > somewhere else.  I suggest either drivers/power or drivers/regulator.
> > > 
> > > This is no PMIC functionality. The MT8135 has a unit which is is used to
> > > access the PMIC (which is not only a PMIC, but also Touchscreen
> > > interface and other stuff). This unit is called pmic-wrapper in the
> > > docs. See the introductory mail for a nice picture.
> > 
> > I saw the picture, it's very nice.  Whatever this is, it's not an
> > MFD.  It's a device which is located on an MFD.  There is far too much
> > functional (the operative word here) code contained in this patch.
> 
> The MT6397 is a classical MFD device. It has a PMIC, an audio amp and a
> RTC. It is very tightly coupled to the SoC via SPI, but the SPI itself
> is not directly visible on the SoC. It's accessible indirectly via the
> PMIC-wrapper. Indeed the PMIC-wrapper is not MFD. Another dumping ground
> that comes to my mind is drivers/soc/. We could move over there.

Thanks for understanding my point-of-view.  Hopefully there is a
suitable "dumping ground", or even better a proper place to move the
PMIC-wrapper to.

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Lee Jones
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