linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] PCI: cadence: Add host driver for Cadence PCIe controller

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:09:31 +0000
From:   Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
To:     Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
Cc:     Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...e-electrons.com>,
        bhelgaas@...gle.com, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        adouglas@...ence.com, stelford@...ence.com, dgary@...ence.com,
        kgopi@...ence.com, eandrews@...ence.com,
        thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com, sureshp@...ence.com,
        nsekhar@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, robh@...nel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] PCI: cadence: Add host driver for Cadence PCIe
 controller

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 04:46:12PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:

[...]

> > +static struct platform_driver cdns_pcie_host_driver = {
> > +	.driver = {
> > +		.name = "cdns-pcie-host",
> > +		.of_match_table = cdns_pcie_host_of_match,
> > +	},
> > +	.probe = cdns_pcie_host_probe,
> > +};
> 
> In the case of DWC, designware core is modeled as a library which has
> API's to be invoked by various platform specific glue drivers.
> 
> But with the cadence approach we'll have two separate drivers: the
> cadence core driver and the platform specific glue drivers. Is this
> approach chosen for a specific reason?

That's a fair point but I do not think that's a concern at the moment.

If/when other platform drivers are built around the generic IP we just
have to refactor this driver and turn into a core library + a PCI host
bridge driver like dwc does, at the moment I do not necessarily see the
reason for splitting them.

Cyrille ?

Thanks,
Lorenzo