linux-kernel - Re: MFD: move ssbi driver into drivers/mfd

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Date:	Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:18:54 +0200
From:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Brown <davidb@...eaurora.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>,
	Richard Kuo <rkuo@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: MFD: move ssbi driver into drivers/mfd

Hi Arnd,

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:00:19AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> There is no reason for ssbi to have its own top-level driver directory
> when the only users of this interface are all MFD drivers. The only
> mainline driver using it at the moment (PM8921) is marked broken and in
> fact does not compile. I have verified that fixing the trivial build
> breakage in pm8921 links in the new ssbi code just fine, but that
> can be a separate patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/Kconfig              |  2 --
>  drivers/Makefile             |  1 -
>  drivers/mfd/Kconfig          |  3 ++-
>  drivers/mfd/Makefile         |  2 +-
>  drivers/{ssbi => mfd}/ssbi.c |  0
>  drivers/ssbi/Kconfig         | 16 ----------------
>  drivers/ssbi/Makefile        |  1 -
>  7 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
I suppose we don't expect any non MFD drivers to use this interface ?  If
that's so, I'll take it through mfd-next.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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