linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] iosf

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Date:	Wed, 8 Jul 2015 11:52:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	"David E. Box" <david.e.box@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] iosf_mbi: clean up

On Wed, 8 Jul 2015, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > There are few patches to clean up (with small fixes) iosf_mbi driver along with
> > extension it to cover Intel Tangier.
> > 
> > Andy Shevchenko (4):
> >   iosf_mbi: check result for all calls of debugfs API
> >   iosf_mbi: pci_dev_put() is NULL-proof
> >   iosf_mbi: group global variables
> >   iosf_mbi: append Intel Tangier ID
> > 
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/iosf_mbi.h |  8 ++++----
> >  arch/x86/kernel/iosf_mbi.c      | 31 +++++++++++++++----------------
> >  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> Could you please also move it from arch/x86/kernel/ to 
> arch/x86/platform/[intel-quark?] while at it?
> 
> arch/x86/kernel/ is the wrong place for this driver.

Aside of that the patch prefixes should be:

      x86/platform/iosf_mbi:

or something like that.

Thanks,

	tglx
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