linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mfd: add lp8788 mfd driver

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 9 Aug 2012 11:06:48 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	"Kim, Milo" <Milo.Kim@...com>
Cc:	"sameo@...ux.intel.com" <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mfd: add lp8788 mfd driver

On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 08:22:38AM +0000, Kim, Milo wrote:
> TI LP8788 PMU supports regulators, battery charger, RTC,
> ADC, backlight driver and current sinks.

> Patch v2.
> (a) For interrupt handling, use generic irq rather than irq-domain

This seems like a very substantial step backwards, why make this change?
Using irqdomain solves a bunch of problems, especially around virq
allocation, and is where we want all drivers to go longer term.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/