linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v6 4/9] platform/x86: intel_pmc_ipc: Use MFD framework to create dependent devices

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Message-ID: <CAHp75Vc8kww3YSNEtR4dYp4Y2o2XiQ5YpkrW_nSkjSn0mpWh-A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:25:01 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Zha Qipeng <qipeng.zha@...el.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "dvhart@...radead.org" <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Souvik Kumar Chakravarty <souvik.k.chakravarty@...el.com>,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy Natarajan <sathyaosid@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v6 4/9] platform/x86: intel_pmc_ipc: Use MFD framework to
 create dependent devices

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 3:23 AM,
<sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> From: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
>
> Currently, we have lot of repetitive code in dependent device resource
> allocation and device creation handling code. This logic can be improved if
> we use MFD framework for dependent device creation. This patch adds this
> support.

I have applied this patch with some modifications to my review-andy branch.
Please, take it from there (and probably patch 3) and resend new
version of the series based on our testing branch.

P.S. This patch still needs more work, I will comment on new version.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko