linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] i2c: piix4: Use request_muxed

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Date:   Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:28:58 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Zoltan Boszormenyi <zboszor@...hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] i2c: piix4: Use request_muxed_region

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:44:14PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:43:07PM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > 
> > > It is an alternate and somewhat simpler solution which does not
> > > attempt to change the kernel API. My primary goal was to find
> > > a solution for the immediate problem between the watchdog and
> > > i2c drivers. My solution does not attempt to fix the access problem
> > > for (initialization) functions with no return code. At the same time,
> > > I prefer to use functions which _do_ return an error if that is possible
> > > since it _may_ after all be that there are other users calling
> > > request_region().
> > > 
> > > Having said that, I'll be just as happy if Zoltan's series is accepted
> > > instead of this patch (except for patch #5; the watchdog driver has
> > > already been converted to use request_muxed_region).
> > 
> > Thanks for the explanation!
> > 
> > So, as I understand: I can apply this patch to fix the immediate (and
> > long standing) problem and decouple it from the API change. The latter
> > can then still be worked on and the changes for the piix driver should
> > then be minimal. Correct?
> 
> And we should have Zoltan on CC.
> 
Yes. Sorry, things are a bit hectic today.

Guenter