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

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Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:52:52 +0000
From:   Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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 12/20/2017 12:42 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> 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?

Not sure i get your comment. Aren't we talking about the headers in there?

This was your original comment:

 > Also, what's up with the .h files in drivers/staging/fsl-bus/include?
 > You didn't touch those with this movement, right?  Why?

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Best Regards, Laurentiu