linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] misc: Introduce reboot

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Date:	Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:03:50 -0800
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...ymobile.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Vinay Simha BN <simhavcs@...il.com>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...aro.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
	Andy Gross <agross@...eaurora.org>,
	"linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Gross, Mark" <mark.gross@...el.com>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] misc: Introduce reboot_reason driver

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 11:57 AM, One Thousand Gnomes
<gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:04:03 -0800
> John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 1:20 AM, Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com> wrote:
>> > Second, I wonder why this is submitted under drivers/misc when it
>> > doesn't bind the misc API.
>>
>> Heh. Apologies. Its more of a "where do I put this?", misc rather then
>> "this should be part of the established misc infrastructure!"
>> Suggestions for alternative locations?
>
> Other than providing a reason (which could be via sysfs) I don't actually
> see what in the rest of it doesn't either live in the platform arch/ code
> or for standardised firmware in the EFI / ACPI or some other drivers.

Ok. Will move to drivers/firmware unless suggested otherwise.

thanks
-john
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