linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 0/7] Convert exiting EEPROM drivers to NVMEM

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Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:39:00 +0100
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
Cc:	GregKH <greg@...ah.com>, maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com,
	wsa@...-dreams.de, broonie@...nel.org, vz@...ia.com, fd@...com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pantelis.antoniou@...sulko.com,
	bgolaszewski@...libre.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 0/7] Convert exiting EEPROM drivers to NVMEM

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 10:17:25AM +0000, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> Thanks for the patches, they look good.
> 
> Do we have any reason why we should not move these drivers from
> drivers/misc/eeprom to drivers/nvmem?

We would have to be careful with the kconfig options. We need to keep
backwards compatibility. So the AT24 driver would need to continue
using EEPROM_AT24, etc.

This might be possible. But i would prefer to do it as a separate
patch once these patches are accepted.

Thanks
	Andrew