linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v1 3/3] ACPI / PMIC: Add TI PMIC TPS68470 operation region driver

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Message-ID: <6F87890CF0F5204F892DEA1EF0D77A59725BED10@FMSMSX114.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2017 23:38:33 +0000
From:   "Mani, Rajmohan" <rajmohan.mani@...el.com>
To:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
CC:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 3/3] ACPI / PMIC: Add TI PMIC TPS68470 operation
 region driver

Hi Sakari, Andy,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sakari Ailus [mailto:sakari.ailus@....fi]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 2:13 PM
> To: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
> Cc: Mani, Rajmohan <rajmohan.mani@...el.com>; Hans de Goede
> <hdegoede@...hat.com>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> gpio@...r.kernel.org; linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org; Lee Jones
> <lee.jones@...aro.org>; Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>; Alexandre
> Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>; Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>; Len
> Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] ACPI / PMIC: Add TI PMIC TPS68470 operation
> region driver
> 
> On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 11:40:27PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 11:10 PM, Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 04:40:13PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > >> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 3:15 PM, Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi> wrote:
> > >> > On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 05:23:56PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >
> > >> >> Follow the pattern, please, I suppose ti_pmic_tps68470.c
> > >>
> > >> Would it work for you?
> > >
> > > This is still a different driver from the tps68470 driver which is
> > > an MFD driver. For clarity, I'd keep pmic as part of the name (and
> > > I'd use tps68470_pmic_ prefix for internal symbols, too).
> > >
> > > As PMICs are typically linked to the kernel (vs. being modules),
> > > there's no issue with the module name. I would suppose few if any
> > > PMICs will be compiled as modules in general.
> > >
> > > It's not a big deal though. I'm fine either way.
> >
> > Okay, let's agree on  tps68470_pmic for internal prefix and for file name?
> 
> Ack. Thanks!
> 

Ack