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Message-ID: <20131003162519.GA25042@kroah.com>
Date:	Thu, 3 Oct 2013 09:25:19 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Use of drivers/platform and matching include?

On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 11:21:10AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> 
> On Oct 3, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 09:45:38AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> >> As we look at upstreaming more support for the Qualcomm MSM SoCs there
> >> are a number of drivers or library like routines that are unique to
> >> the MSM platform, we are thinking that putting them under:
> >> 
> >> drivers/platform/qcom/
> > 
> > What type of drivers are these?  Shouldn't they really go under the
> > specific driver type directory instead?
> 
> If there isn't an existing driver/ dir for this I dont see how it can go there, I'm not also not really a fan of trying to artificial put something that is highly SoC specific into something generic of this nature.

Loose a line-wrap somewhere?...

Anyway, you didn't answer my question, so why do I need to answer yours?

snarkily,

greg k-h
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