linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] ibmebus: Move to of_device and of_platform

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Message-ID: <4714D20A.3080607@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:00:26 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Joachim Fenkes <fenkes@...ibm.com>
CC:	Jan-Bernd Themann <THEMANN@...ibm.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Christoph Raisch <raisch@...ibm.com>,
	Hoang-Nam Nguyen <hnguyen@...ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	LinuxPPC-Dev <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <pmac@....ibm.com>,
	Stefan Roscher <stefan.roscher@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Q Klein <tklein@...ibm.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Marcus Eder <meder@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] ibmebus: Move to of_device and of_platform_driver,
 match eHCA and eHEA drivers

Joachim Fenkes wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 October 2007 10:21, Jan-Bernd Themann wrote:
>> Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com> wrote on 03.10.2007 20:05:44:
>>>  > > Replace struct ibmebus_dev and struct ibmebus_driver with struct 
> of_device
>>>  > > and struct of_platform_driver, respectively. Match the external 
> ibmebus
>>>  > > interface and drivers using it.
>>>  > >
>>>  > > Signed-off-by: Joachim Fenkes <fenkes@...ibm.com>
>>>  >
>>>  > This is somewhat difficult as this patch touches files that are the
>>>  > responsibility of three different maintainers. �Is it possible to
>>>  > split the patch into three, one for each maintainer (possibly by
>>>  > keeping both old and new interfaces around for a little while)?
>>>  > 
>>>  > If not, then you need to get an Acked-by and an agreement that this
>>>  > change can go via the powerpc.git tree from Roland Dreier and Jeff
>>>  > Garzik.
>>>
>>> I don't see anything objectionable in the infiniband parts of the
>>> patch -- I don't have any way to test the changes but it all looks
>>> like a straightforward conversion to a new platform API.  So:
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>
>>>
>>>  - R.
>> Looks good from eHEA driver perspective.
>>
>> Acked-by: Jan-Bernd Themann <themann@...ibm.com>
> 
> Jeff, do you have any objections against this patch going into the kernel
> via Paul's powerpc.git tree? It touches only a few lines of ehea which are
> specific to the bus interface changes.
> 
> You can see the full patch here:
>   http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/linuxppc/patch?id=13750
> 
> If you have no objections, please ack the patch so Paul can include it.

Fine with me...

	Jeff



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