linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 21/24] rave-sp: Support for variants on modalias drivers

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Date:   Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:38:16 +0200
From:   Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:SERIAL DRIVERS" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 21/24] rave-sp: Support for variants on modalias
 drivers

Hi Andy,

>> Rave-sp behaves differently based on the device variant.
> 
> 
>>        sp->variant = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
>> +       if (!sp->variant) {
>> +               id = serdev_match_id(rave_sp_serdev_id, serdev);
> 
> I think you may leave the ID table where it is in the code and use link.
> 
>> +               if (id)
>> +                       sp->variant = (const struct rave_sp_variant *)
>> +                                                       id->driver_data;
>> +       }
> 
> Perhaps a helper like it's done for ACPI / OF cases?
> 
> [device_get_match_data() -> ]
>  of_fwnode_device_get_match_data()
>  acpi_fwnode_device_get_match_data()

something like that and frankly this is trying to hard. This driver is currently really DT specific and can be fixed up later. It is causing a lot of noise in this patch series. I would really urge to focus on the core changes get prominent drivers support. I think hci_bcm.c is a good example since a) we need to fix up Edison and b) new ACPI based tablets might be able to allow for easy testing.

Regards

Marcel