linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v4] clk: x86: Add Atom PMC platform clocks

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1610262341020.5013@nanos>
Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2016 23:43:24 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
cc:     "Tirdea, Irina" <irina.tirdea@...el.com>,
        "linux-clk@...r.kernel.org" <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "alsa-devel@...a-project.org" <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        "Bossart, Pierre-louis" <pierre-louis.bossart@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v4] clk: x86: Add Atom PMC platform clocks

On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Darren Hart wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 01:38:54PM +0000, Tirdea, Irina wrote:
> > intel_pmc_* drivers or is it enough to move it as a standalone driver for now?
> 
> If the functionality is substantially different, then I don't see a
> compelling, and certainly not an immediate, need to merge them. Assume
> for now they are to remain as separate drivers. I suggest keeping the
> existing name for now as well. Let's just complete the move with as
> little user-visible changes as possible.
> 
> The placement of the header file is a bit tricky as it is being used in
> drivers/clk/x86 in addition to the pmc_atom driver in
> drivers/platform/x86.
> 
> The best existing location would appear to be include/platform_data/
> 
> Thomas, is that acceptable to you?

Yes

> arch/x86/platform/atom/pmc_atom.c -> drivers/platform/x86
> arch/x86/include/asm/pmc_atom.h -> include/platform_data/
> 
> If there are enough of these, it might make sense to create:
> 
> include/platform/x86/
> 
> but I suggest we start with minimal change.

No. Make that x86 directory right away. include/platform_data is already a
maze of 224 files. Start structuring it now.

Thanks,

	tglx