linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v0 0/2] dw_dmac: move to own folder and split

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Date:	Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:23:12 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	spear-devel <spear-devel@...t.st.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v0 0/2] dw_dmac: move to own folder and split

On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 18:42 +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote: 
> On 3 June 2013 17:55, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:


> > In patch 2/2 I collect platform related code. I see a lot of #ifdefs
> > related to OF and ACPI. I would like to split it further and create
> > files like of.c and acpi.c. What do you think?
> 
> Naahh.. OF by itself doesn't mean anything here on this driver. It
> belongs to all the users that are using DT to enumerate it (Mostly
> ARM). And they are going to use platform_driver interface. So,
> code is well located currently too..

I got it.

> ACPI, I am not sure.. you need these routines in your pci stuff too?

No, ACPI is alike OF, it relies on platform driver.

> Keep it this way:
> - Keep all the common stuff across pci and platform in core.c
> - everything else in pci and platform files.

It seems it's kept in that way already.

Thanks for your comments!

I will resend patch series v1 w/o RFC and with PCI driver later (when it
will be ready). I will attach the missed patch to the series in case
Vinod doesn't apply it in time.


-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy
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