linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 13/21] misc: support for LP-8x4x custom parallel bus

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Message-ID: <6356054.sn5XpK65Cm@wuerfel>
Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:42:39 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Sergei Ianovich <ynvich@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
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	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
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	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 13/21] misc: support for LP-8x4x custom parallel bus

On Wednesday 16 April 2014 19:41:09 One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:17:18 +0400
> Sergei Ianovich <ynvich@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > This patch implements probing for the bus and reporting the number
> > of available expansion slots.
> 
> This appears to be a bus not a misc device. I don't think it belongs in
> misc. As you've got devices on this bus (or nailed into the 'bus' driver)
> perhaps this belongs as drivers/platform/lp8x4x or similar with any
> specific drivers split out - or even drivers/lp8x4x if there will be more
> of them and more than one platform using it ?

We have drivers/bus now, I think it could fit well in there.

	Arnd
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