linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mfd: micon: Add Buffalo Kurobox Pro, Terastation II Pro/Live driver

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jan 2017 18:26:06 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        jason@...edaemon.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mfd: micon: Add Buffalo Kurobox Pro, Terastation II
 Pro/Live driver

Le 01/04/17 à 03:22, Lee Jones a écrit :
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2016, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> 
>> This driver is currently only used to reboot the devices, but the
>> microcontroller hanging off UART1 on the Buffalo Kurobox Pro and
>> Terastation II Pro/Live is capable of a lot more than that, which we
>> will support in subsequent patches. For now, just add the reboot
>> functionality to make the kernel reboot correctly.
> 
> This is not an MFD driver.  You have written a UART driver.
> 
> Please relocate it to drivers/char/tty/serial.

Not that simple, and as explained in the cover letter the UART attached
micro controller can do a lot more than just reboot the machine, but
someone else is working on the driver, so this patch series can be ignored.
-- 
Florian