linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] staging: fsl-mc: move bus driver out of staging

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Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:42:03 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
Cc:     Ruxandra Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>,
        "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@....com>,
        Leo Li <leoyang.li@....com>,
        "stuyoder@...il.com" <stuyoder@...il.com>,
        Roy Pledge <roy.pledge@....com>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] staging: fsl-mc: move bus driver out of staging

On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 10:26:49AM +0000, Laurentiu Tudor wrote:
> On 12/19/2017 06:10 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >>> But all of these .h files are only used by the code in this specific
> >>> directory, no where else.
> >>
> >> They are also used by our ethernet driver, see:
> >>     drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.h
> >
> > Ick, really?  Then they should not be buried in a bus-specific
> > location, but rather be in include/linux/SOMEWHERE, right?
> 
> Right. The goal is that in the end, all headers be moved to the already 
> existing include/linux/fsl/. For now I've left these in staging because 
> they are not part of the bus "core" infrastructure.

Then shouldn't they be in the drivers/staging/fsl-mc/include/ directory
now to show this?

thanks,

greg k-h