linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] Introduce drivers/soc and add QCOM GSBI driver

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Date:	Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:48:16 -0400
From:	Christopher Covington <cov@...eaurora.org>
To:	Andy Gross <agross@...eaurora.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Introduce drivers/soc and add QCOM GSBI driver

Hi Andy,

On 04/21/2014 01:30 AM, Andy Gross wrote:
> The first patch in this set adds the drivers/soc directory and all the necessary
> plumbing.  These changes were discussed at the kernel summit and also were
> introduced in an earlier patch set from Santosh Shilimkar.
> 
> Reference the following set of patches:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/28/567

In that thread, Olof wrote, "The code [going into drivers/soc] isn't the pure
drivers. Those we find homes for."

https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/2/123

> The remaining patches add the QCOM GSBI (General Serial Bus Interface) driver,
> device tree binding information for both the GSBI and child node interaction,
> and lastly a patch to fix the current MSM serial driver to work correctly with
> the GSBI changes.

It's not obvious to me what makes the GSBI driver "impure" and unfit for say
drivers/bus. Could you perhaps include a brief explanation?

Thanks,
Christopher

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