linux-kernel - Re: [2/3] hwmon: xgene: Adds hwmon driver

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Message-ID: <20160601181049.GA10954@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Wed, 1 Jun 2016 11:10:49 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Hoan Tran <hotran@....com>
Cc:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>,
	Ashwin Chaugule <ashwin.chaugule@...aro.org>,
	Duc Dang <dhdang@....com>, Loc Ho <lho@....com>,
	linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2/3] hwmon: xgene: Adds hwmon driver

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:00:05PM -0700, Hoan Tran wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
> 
> >
> > Overall, I have to say that the code is quite complex due to the repeated
> > checks for ACPI. I am close to suggest having two separate drivers,
> > one for ACPI and one for non-ACPI. Any chance to separate ACPI vs. non-ACPI
> > code a bit better ?
> 
> How about create separate rx_cb functions for ACPI and non-ACPI ?

Yes, that would be great if it is possible.

> As almost functions are the same between ACPI and non-ACPI, I thought
> keep the same driver is still OK, isn't it ?
> 
If you can separate the ACPI code from the non-ACPI code a bit better than
right now, yes.

Thanks,
Guenter