linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] MISC: convert drivers/misc/* to use module_i2c

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Message-ID: <4ECF70BB.2080904@metafoo.de>
Date:	Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:40:59 +0100
From:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Hennerich <hennerich@...ckfin.uclinux.org>,
	Anantha Narayanan <Anantha.Narayanan@...el.com>,
	Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@...ia.com>,
	Hemanth V <hemanthv@...com>,
	Christoph Mair <christoph.mair@...il.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Ben Gardner <bgardner@...tec.com>,
	Minkyu Kang <mk7.kang@...sung.com>,
	Kalhan Trisal <kalhan.trisal@...el.com>,
	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>,
	Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>,
	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...ux.it>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	Eric Piel <eric.piel@...mplin-utc.net>,
	Anatolij Gustschin <agust@...x.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] MISC: convert drivers/misc/* to use module_i2c_driver()

On 11/25/2011 11:15 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 25 November 2011, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
>> On 11/25/2011 05:14 AM, Axel Lin wrote:
>>> This patch converts the drivers in drivers/misc/* to use the
>>> module_i2c_driver() macro which makes the code smaller and a bit
>>> simpler.
> 
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
>> I think we should wait with spi and i2c patches until the macro can actually
>> be found in respective subsystem tree. Or do you want these patches to go
>> through GregKH's driver-core tree?
> 
> Obviously it can only go in after the patches introducing the macros.
> Since Greg owns both the char-misc and driver-core trees, there should
> be no problem coordinating between the two.
> 
Yes, but a similar patch has been send out for of a bunch of other trees.
And the commit message does not state that there is a dependency on not yet
applied patches and neither where to get them.
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