linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] Add "Simple" / Renesas Bus State Controller Driver

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Message-ID: <6261300.I132f1jLqB@wuerfel>
Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:15:33 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Ulrich Hecht <ulrich.hecht+renesas@...il.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] Add "Simple" / Renesas Bus State Controller Driver

On Monday 24 November 2014 21:10:05 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> As this minimal BSC driver isn't hardware-specific at all, I'm wondering
> if there's a simpler way to do this?
>   - Should the driver be renamed to "simple-bus", and match "simple-bus"?
>   - Should this be moved to core code, without an explicit driver for
>     "simple-bus"? I.e. should the driver core just enable runtime PM for
>     all devices not bound to a driver, as they may represent buses with
>     child devices that do rely on runtime PM?
> 
> Thanks for your comments and suggestions!

My understanding of simple-bus is that it's something that does
not have any power-management capabilities, and I'd rather not
add clocks or interrupts to it.

What I think makes more sense is to have a bus driver for it
in drivers/bus, remove the "simple-bus" compatibility value
and have the driver take care of registering the power domain
and probing the child devices using of_platform_populate on
itself.

	Arnd
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