linux-kernel - Re: Use of drivers/platform and matching include?

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Date:	Thu, 3 Oct 2013 09:46:30 -0700
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Use of drivers/platform and matching include?

On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org> 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/

drivers/platform has traditionally been used for OEM/product platform
drivers, i.e. stuff such as laptop drivers or server management module
drivers, i.e. not platforms in "SoC family" sense.

I don't have a good answer though. If it wasn't for the arm64 fork,
locating these under arch/arm somewhere would really be the reasonable
answer, like we used to do on powerpc. :(


-Olof
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