linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 01/12] drivers: base: Unified device connection lookup

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Message-ID: <20180312081345.GH21904@kuha.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:13:45 +0200
From:   Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
        Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 01/12] drivers: base: Unified device connection lookup

On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 07:24:18PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On 09-03-18 18:53, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 11:20:46AM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > > From: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
> > > 
> > > Several frameworks - clk, gpio, phy, pmw, etc. - maintain
> > > lookup tables for describing connections and provide custom
> > > API for handling them. This introduces a single generic
> > > lookup table and API for the connections.
> > > 
> > > The motivation for this commit is centralizing the
> > > connection lookup, but the goal is to ultimately extract the
> > > connection descriptions also from firmware by using the
> > > fwnode_graph_* functions and other mechanisms that are
> > > available.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
> > 
> > Sorry for the delay, just now reviewing this patch...
> > 
> > The content is fine (if not scary for the obvious reason of passing
> > around 'struct device' of different bus types, but ok...), but the api
> > naming is "rough":
> 
> Heikki, I think it is best if you answer Greg's remarks. FWIW I'm
> fine with the changes Greg proposes.

Me too.

> I currently have significantly less bandwidth for this due to
> personal circumstances, so if a new version of this patch-set
> is necessary it would be great if you (Heikki) can do a v7.

Sure thing. I'll prepare the v7.


Thanks,

-- 
heikki